Sunday, October 15, 2006
From Ayn Rand's testimony to the House Un-American Activities Committee, 1947
Rep. John R. McDowell: You paint a very dismal picture of Russia. You made a great point about the number of children who were unhappy. Doesn't anybody smile in Russia any more?
Rand: Well, if you ask me literally, pretty much no.
McDowell: They don't smile?
Rand: Not quite that way; no. If they do, it is privately and accidentally. Certainly, it is not social. They don't smile in approval of their system.
I don't remember the last time I smiled in approval of my system.
