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In 1961, Ayn Rand received a speaking invitation from the Ford Hall Forum, a group that sponsors free public lectures on social and political issues. She spoke there almost every year until her death. Since then, Leonard Peikoff has continued the tradition.
| Speech Title | Date Presented | Publication Info |
|---|---|---|
| The Intellectual Bankruptcy of Our Age | March 26, 1961 | Pamphlet (May 1962) |
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| America's Persecuted Minority: Big Business | December 17, 1961 | Pamphlet (April 1962) |
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | ||
| The Fascist New Frontier | December 16, 1962) | Pamphlet (May 1963) |
| The Ayn Rand Column | ||
| Is Atlas Shrugging? | April 19, 1964 | The Objectivist Newsletter (August 1964) |
| Pamphlet (December 1964) | ||
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | ||
| The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus | April 18, 1965 | The Objectivist Newsletter (May-June 1965) |
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | ||
| Our Cultural Value-Deprivation | April 10, 1966 | The Objectivist (April-May 1966) |
| The Wreckage of the Consensus | April 16, 1967 | The Objectivist (April-May 1967) |
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | ||
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal (published versions use the title "What is Capitalism?") | November 19, 1967 | The Objectivist Newsletter (November-December 1965) |
| Pamphlet (January 1966) | ||
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | ||
| Of Living Death | December 8, 1968 | The Objectivist (September-November 1968) |
| Pamphlet (January 1969) | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Apollo and Dionysus | November 9, 1969 | The Objectivist (December 1969-January 1970) |
| The New Left | ||
| Return of the Primitive | ||
| The Anti-Industrial Revolution | November 1, 1970 | The Objectivist (January-February 1971) |
| The New Left | ||
| Return of the Primitive | ||
| The Moratorium on Brains | November 14, 1971 | The Ayn Rand Letter (October 25-November8, 1971) |
| A Nation's Unity | October 22, 1972 | The Ayn Rand Letter (October 9-November 6, 1972) |
| Censorship: Local and Express | October 21, 1973 | The Ayn Rand Letter (August 13-September 10, 1973) |
| Philosophy: Who Needs It | ||
| Egalitarianism and Inflation | October 20, 1974 | The Ayn Rand Letter (June 3-July1, 1974) |
| Philosophy: Who Needs It | ||
| The Moral Factor | April 11, 1976 | Pamphlet (1976) |
| Global Balkanization | April 10, 1977 | Pamphlet (1977) |
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Return of the Primitive | ||
| Cultural Update | April 16, 1978 | Pamphlet (1978) |
| The Age of Mediocrity | April 26, 1981 | The Objectivist Forum (June 1981) |
| Speech Title | Date Presented | Publication Info |
|---|---|---|
| The Sanction of the Victims (written by Ayn Rand and delivered by Peikoff after her death) | April 25, 1982 | The Objectivist Forum (April 1982) |
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Assault from the Ivory Tower: The Professors' War on America | April 24, 1983 | The Objectivist Forum (October-December 1983) |
| Pamphlet | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| The American School: Why Johnny Can't Think | April 15, 1984 | The Objectivist Forum (October-December 1984) |
| Pamphlet | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Medicine: Death of a Profession | April 14, 1985 | The Objectivist Forum (April-June 1985) |
| Pamphlet | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Religion vs. America | April 20, 1986 | The Objectivist Forum (June 1986) |
| Pamphlet (1997) | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| My 30 Years with Ayn Rand: An Intellectual Memoir | April 26, 1987 | The Objectivist Forum (June 1987) |
| Pamphlet | ||
| The Voice of Reason | ||
| Why Should One Act On Principle? | April 24, 1988 | The Intellectual Activist (February 27, 1989) |
| Certainty and Happiness: Achieving Success in Thought and Action | April 23, 1989 | |
| Philosophy and the Real World Out There | December 2, 1990 | The Intellectual Activist (March-May 1992) |
| Some Notes About Tomorrow | April 26, 1992 | The Intellectual Activist (July-September 1992) |
| Modernism and Madness (published version uses the title "Madness and Modernism") | November 7, 1993 | The Intellectual Activist (November 1994) |
| What to Do About Crime | April 23, 1995 | The Intellectual Activist (September 1995) |
| Pamphlet (1996) | ||
| A Philosopher Looks at the O.J. Verdict | April 21, 1996 | The Intellectual Activist (July 1996) |
| A Picture is Not an Argument | November 22, 1998 | The Intellectual Activist (February 1999) |
| The One In the Many | April 9, 2001 | |
| America vs. Americans | April 6, 2003 |
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