[IMC-Editorial] Letter to the Editor: Independence Day--in America and in Iran

[The Ayn Rand Institute]

Dear Editor:

On July 4 we celebrate American Independence Day--the anniversary of
the day we freed ourselves from British tyranny. On July 9, on the
other side of the world, Iranian students and their followers will
demonstrate in support of their own independence movement. Their goal
is freedom not from a foreign power but from their own theocratic
dictators who have stifled every attempt at freedom of thought and
expression. What strikes terror into the heart of the Iranian
government is the idea that people will think for themselves instead
of blindly obeying the dictates of the mullahs.

Let us hope that the Iranian freedom movement will ultimately triumph
despite the terrible risks and odds which the students are facing, and
that Iran will be the first Muslim country to recognize individual
rights--the principle on which America was founded. To quote Ayn Rand,
"The spirit of man will remain alive on this earth. It may sleep, but
it will awaken. It may wear chains, but it will break through." And
for the Iranians, the sooner the better. 

Sincerely,

Edwin A. Locke 
Ayn Rand Institute

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