Within six months, she was gone. March 1982. She was in poor health here and frustrated by the picture taking. Bless her for standing up for the heroes.

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ― Edward R. Murrow

Watching this in 2023. It may not have been so obvious how accurate she was in 1981 (or 1957). But, her forecast on how this would unfold with precision is remarkable. The warnings presented time and time again have become our reality.

As an obstensibly permanent member of the "Working Poor", I fully concur with all she says. I will probably never own a yacht, but I will be damned if I curse someone who does. Reality is what's up.

It's a shame not everyone in the world has seen this.

"The mystics are constantly crying appeals for your pity, your compassion, your help to the less fortunate yet they are condemning you for all the qualities of character that make you able to help them."

America is blessed to have Ayn Rand.

My work is my work , to trade not to be given. Thank you Ayn Rand for All you have taught me and others.

Reverend Ike, "The best way to help the poor is not be one of them."

I have a big photo of her at my room because she is the only human who have me so much knowledge and virtues. She’s my mother.

Prescient and profound. She was one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century.

Breathtaking. She’s the godmother of so many brilliant ideas.

I attended a talk she gave at the Ford Hall Forum in Boston in 1972. The topic was "The Anti-Industrial Revolution". What she spoke of then is applicable today.

Ayn had a hate for communism and so do I. Her book, “ Capitalism the unknown ideal.” Is a favourite of mine. I believe honesty is the only way for capitalism to succeed, but communism no matter what you do with it, it will never be what truly works for the people and we can see it results, over the last 100 years. I don’t know why she is an atheist and why she feels the way she does about many things in her life. But she understood that the USA was built on a great system that lead the world and she could see the shift taking place in the U S. She lived in Russia and knew the effects of communism. I believe in God and understand that human nature is more evil then good. We will always take the easiest route and if we think we can get things for nothing, then offer something for free and watch the line form. A true Christian Society always works best for the people, that is when mankind realizes he is accountable for his deeds to God and God only. Sound like a sermon but it’s not.lol. But when I was a boy I truly think most men and women felt that way and knew where to go when they or we where facing a dilemma as a individual or as a nation. That the way I feel about it.

She is one and only Iron Lady in this universe ....Sheer Respect for her ... Immortal Ayn Rand ....

What a brilliant mind. "As far as the feminist movement is concerned I am a male chauvinist. Proudly." "There is hope so long as there is one man left living on Earth." "The best way to help the poor is not to be one of them."

Rest in peace Ayn, your work changed my life and I'm a better person because of it. I only wish you were still with us so I could shake your hand and thank you in person!

"It is only when and if a country establishes censorship, that the men of the mind should retire. But we're not in that stage, and I don't think we will reach it." (36:15) My dears, we're about there...

Minute 18 : "Businessmen have abandoned the intellect to the lowest rung of the unemployable." -Ayn Rand on Universities. BAM!

It hurts me to watch this... only because of her health. :(

Why is this woman not a role model of the feminists?

JUST FUCKING WOOW, looking at all these old videos is just mind blowing.

"Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime." - Aristotle

This is how this world should be working if it’s going to survive. Knowledge is a beautiful thing.

I'm learning from you now at 74 only if I known of you fifty years ago.

What Mrs Rand says is true and disturbing and we are living it out here and now!........

Always a delight to see her. Thank you - here's hoping for more.

I love her ideas and stubborn, prickly personality. Fountainhead was awesome. Love her writing. One awesome person. Well spoken, well read. Such a sweetheart.

Ayn Rand's last talk presented much food for thought and reflection.

The importance of IDEAS: ----- I was introduced to Ayn Rand (1905-1982) through her book, "PHILOSOPHY: WHO NEEDS IT", a collection of her essays. According to Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. ------ As I recall, she said here that humans live their lives based on ideas. There is nothing more valuable than a great idea, and nothing more destructive than a bad idea.

"it is a moral crime to give money to your destroyers". Ouch

Atlas Shrugged changed my life!

oh dang... i remember seeimg this live in person as a kid!

i wish there were women today like her. No other type is worth the effort to know.

Thank you Ayn Rand !!! Atlas shrugged is one book these so-called SWJ's should read but won't . Too afraid to . Look in the mirror SWJ's

Her brain was full of knowledge

Thanks, Reverend Hicks, for explaining the Women of Grace teaching which, as I received it, goes: When you read something, (1) read it in the light of grace, (2) reflect on it, and (3) revolve it, marking its aspects of truth, beauty, and application. All time, in the company of loving personalities, gives us, I feel, a sense of more wholeness. If we consider motion pictures, along with radio, television, and books, merely another body of ideas, one need not stop at enjoying them, yes? Please say more.

The real issue is that our society allows the worst of these people to break the law while meeting out disproportional punishments to everyone else for lesser crimes. Also our public administrations and public property are under attack by private business interests. The money printers are absolutely above any jurisdiction. How does that work? Once your government is betraying the public trust in favour of profiteers they will come for your private property. By the people for the people.

It's amazing how as I watch this on Feb. 27, 2022 the things she says are still so relevant today. Especially with the media. I wonder how much of the series she completed writing before she passed away. The Atlas Shrugged movie series was an admirable effort to getting the philosophy more into the main stream but the way series are done now on streaming services would be a much better way to let this story play out. A period piece would be great however, an idea to make it modern and possibly reach more youth of today would be to replace the "Railroad" with "Airlines."

Ayn Rand was an amazing woman. She was and still is inspiring people to remove their knowledge blinders and explore deeper thought. I have been reading her works for over 20 years. Her philosophy has helped me in so many ways. I am so thankful for her courage and knowledge. The books that most changed me was The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged

My left ear thoroughly enjoyed this seminar..

"Altruism is the philosophy of cannibals" (pots falling backstage). Guess they were attending too. 😋🍖

She was extremely correct in many matters but those she wasn't right about, she was very wrong about. No middle ground.

Spot on!

On universities - It is a moral crime to support ideas with which you disagree! This should be applied to politics - do not pay taxes to those with whom you disagree. This would soon change the outlook of the politicians to appreciate who pays their salaries.

Ayanna Rand- I am quite influenced by her since 1972 when I first read Fountain Head. Since then I have a collection of her most Novels and writings. Geat thinker. I found it close to one of the yogas contained in Bhagwatgita I.e. Karmayoga. Great.....

What an amazing mind she had. I don't think a movie could do justice to Atlas Shrugged, but I'd like to see it tried.

So true...those that are "altruistic" are not motivated by goodness but a hatred of the successful".

Amazing

A great American thinker! Suffering here from bad production, mainly the terrible P.A. system. At first it feeds back and then hums. My goodness, that can fixed. And then the noise ( her competition). I wish she had a great production to explain her Objectivism here. Thank God that there are great humans shaping our human condition like Ayn Rand. Even if she may not agree with my statement “ Thank God”. Maximum Positivity

Your response to your own values. (Love)

Prof Snape Interviews her at the end. Ayn is incredible!

33:00 "If we remain free... we will see great things on television." She was right beyond her wildest dreams, look at the explosion of "television" on the internet!

She would have some interesting words today with the internet

Super smart and right about a lot of things...I disagree with her about abortion. She must not have thought of the unborn as living humans. Sadly. Such a brutal and evil practice, especially in these days of UNLIMITED (and free) birth control options.

The mystery of life is the experience of discoveriing the truth in the inidividual life. Altruism is a gift from whatever is experienced as God and too many don't believe the real source of their own gift. There are others who believe the best life is lived by learning to love learning and love the work that needs to be done for others.

великая женщина! великий чистый ум!

Reality is not two there can be no primacy. "Awareness is known by awareness alone," is the sole irreducible axiom of reality..

I am very interesting in listen Ayn Rand , anytime because she had a lot of knowledge about the fails of the socialism but the volume of the video is so low that I can't hear well.

Imagine the conversation she would of had with"Thomas Sowell." Two great minds coming together. That would of been something?

"Please gentlemen, no photographs... I'm too old for that." Meanwhile, her speech is being filmed in its entirety.

17:54 “businessmen have good ground to despise philosophy as it is taught today, but it is taught that way because businessmen have abandoned the intellect to the lowest rank of the unemployables”

An absolute powerhouse of ideas

Super

Objectivism is like the Laffer curve - extremely vague. Laffer never seems to tell us what the optimum point of taxation should be nor even how it could be determined. Why doesn't he tell us? I don't know, but maybe because so many factors go into the solution - it is not a simple exercise in logic and mathematics. Objectivism is the same. It is only convincing to people who don't care to dig into the assumptions or attempt to corroborate the specious arguments. People who are rigorous in arguments write that her arguments "lack clarity, fail to adequately support her premises, draw unsupported conclusions, and baldly state controversial theses as if they were self-evident facts".

Needs more volume please!

I like how she told the photographer to buzz off.

I just came from the Mike Wallace interview with Ms. Rand and was bothered by my feeling that it was more of a debate than an interview. I felt that she should have been asked more questions about her philosophy which could describe a working model perhaps. I was pleased to find this video so that I might understand her position better. As soon as she asked the question about which activity in the form of 'job' had the greatest beneficial effect on society I quickly answered the question in my head before she got to her own answer. Her answer was "the scientist...". I found her answer plain old hard to believe. My answer was "the farmer...". I thought it was obvious. Then she went on to describe altruism in ways I had never heard associated with the word. Since I am a fallible being and fully aware of it, I listened on hoping to learn the connection between altruism and cannibalism and altruism and businessmen. I admit that I stopped watching this video because I felt lost. I won't say that "she lost me when she said this or that". I will say that "I soon felt lost when I failed to understand her". I believe that she went on to define 'altruism' as a lifestyle practiced by businessmen who were motivated by making the world a better place as in "easier to live." This was the basis she used for describing businessmen as altruistic. Somehow I always thought that business was motivated primarily by the promise of great profit. Surely a product that made life easier for a great number of people could be considered a better prospect for bringing in greater profit. I don't see her connection of businessmen to altruism. I don't even see humans as capable of acting altruistically, let alone living altruistically. The Mike Wallace interview left me curious. This video left me struggling and unable to understand her.

While she's being filmed she asks photographers to stop taking her picture, perhaps the picture taking of her just plainly irritated her and had nothing to do with the taking of her picture, despite that to me she is my hero, she is the Aristotle of greater knowledge and of modern times.

Ayn speaks basic human truths that are part of human nature, not a particular society or culture. A true American of course from Russia.

I agree with her in most of what she lectured about. It is impressive that was able to see that the press back then in 1981 or before was leaning to the left. Back then I didn't detect that.

Wow, so many people who created themselves from nothing.

for years ..since my -teen life when I was asked what do I think about people who do own business and are rich (back when I was living in communist country) I said that WE SHOULD NAME EVERY SINGLE STREET AFTER THESE PEOPLE who in reality gave a chance to others to make a living ...to give them a chance to put a bread on a table ..and I still stay by my old statement

Good evening, are there any transcripts from Ayn Rand's public appearances? because I do not speak English and KZfaq subtitles can not reproduce the text in certain passages, for exa mple when it starts being questioned in this video. I'd love to find the transcripts of her interviews and public appearances.

I’m glad English is my fluent second language, but I’d set captions on for me to print-screen her quotes and from 33:35 on for a while, captions became “frozen”, specially when she mentioned Russia.

Statement at 25:00 is true then, true now, true always

The audio needs to be remixed to mono, it is way too strong on the left channel, I can't listen to this.

She convinces me, when it comes to our not showing significant explicit (by enjoying, the business community's contributions, we express a general appreciation) appreciation for the Big Daddy business man whose net profitable work produces the wherewithal for our projects in all other fields, including but not limited to democratic self-government, scientific exploration, the Internet and other mass communications, the arts, and transportation. I would love to have a national holiday which celebrates the intelligent, creative businessmen of our world.

14:55 So adorable.

Reading Atlas Shrugged. Talk about relevant today.

Now I find her Inspirational.

Thank goodness they've listened to her! Imagine what kind of world would be if they didn't. Imagine being exploited by Amazon in 2020! Ah!

❤love this lady.

It’s to bad that employees pay taxes to “themselves”!

One of a kind genius

Ayn Rand, Truth Monetary Reform at it's heart.

henry kissinger in a dress

Brilliant despite sounding like a dalek.

Elle dit de bonnes vérités.

I want a copy of this lecture , how can I get one ?

Aw man, and I was just about ready to snap a Polaroid of her 😮‍💨

Note to self: read Ominous Parallels by Leonard Picough (sp? phon: Pee-koff)

Her favorite novelists Dostoyevsky and Hugo were both deeply religious men. Hugo would most aptly be called a mystic. Both of them advocated heavily for care of the poor. Interesting.

Psalm 14 verse 1 comes to mind. So sad.

Maybe bringing Nazis into the CIA and NASA wasn't such a good idea. Nietzsche would have laughed at the concept of Business Tycoon as Ubermensch.

We should probably only listen to the audio, since she asked that no photographs of her be taken at that moment in her life.

lawyers are the lowest profession and the kind of human that bring nothing to human advancement

35:35 we are here 36:00 acceptance ....Its over, vote with your feet. Its done, or stay and get impoverished

Altruism is not the same as collectivism and people who are altruistic do not hate those that work hard and make money for themselves. Collectivism may hate business men but altruistic people without thought of gain or expectancy of anything in return, give to other people freely because they care about the suffering of others. I am altruistic and I fight for the right of the businessmen or women to work hard and keep their money. I do not believe in wealth redistribution. I believe that man should care enough about each other to take care of each other but everyone has a choice to work hard or hardly work. There are some exceptions of course, of people who do to no fault of their own are in a place where they need help from others and there should be those willing to help them. We all have free will to be good to each other or selfish for ourselves. Unfortunately selfishness has become more and more prominent over the years. That's when you appeal to the public to be better to each other. You don't just take someone's hard earned money and distribute it to anyone who is broke.

Look out for #1. Hopefully that translates to working with the collective.