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Poor Alan Greenspan's heroine failed on that, as she took a false quote.
Not unusual. Many people think Shakespeare's Hamlet said "Alas, poor Yorick. I
knew him well."
Ayn Rand either played off the common error or did not realize the true quote
herself, as the quote from the Bible is......
"The Love of Money is the Root of all Evil."
I'm unhappy to say that before posting this my wife challenged me on the exact
wording as well.
Rand's approach was probably to pass on her view which is excellent. Changing
the Bible to suit her own ends was a tad contrived however.
Still in all it's a nice story, it's just unfortunate that she tries to play
off our ignorance when it's almost certain that she must have known the Real Quote.
--PJS
> Reardon heard Bertram Schudder, outside of the group, say to a girl who
> made some sound of indignation, “Don’t let him disturb you. You know, money
> is the root of all evil… and he is the typical product of money.”
> Reardon did not think that Francisco could have heard it, but he saw
> Francisco turning to them with a gravely courteous smile.
> “So you think that money is the root of all evil?” said Francisco
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