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Quotation from The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

“That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”

Ayn Rand (spoken by Howard Roark)

The Fountainhead, Part One, Chapter 1 (Bobbs-Merrill, 1943)

Portrait of Ayn Rand

Roark's reply to the Dean of Stanton, who asks who will let him build as he wishes.

Citation: "That's not the point. The point is, who will stop me?" — Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, Part One, Chapter 1 (Bobbs-Merrill, 1943). (id the-fountainhead-q2)

Portrait: Ayn Rand (1943 Talbot portrait), Talbot (credited); published by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, Public domain.

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