Quotes by Isabel Paterson

About Isabel Paterson:


Isabel Paterson is one of the three founding mothers of American libertarianism. Paterson's best-known work, her 1943 book The God of the Machine, a treatise on political philosophy, economics, and history, reached conclusions and espoused beliefs that many libertarians credit as a foundation of their philosophy. Her biographer Stephen D. Cox (2004) believes Paterson is the "earliest progenitor of libertarianism as we know it today." Ayn Rand wrote in a letter in the 1940s that The God of the Machine "does for capitalism what Das Kapital does for the Reds and what the Bible did for Christianity."

Author Bio


  • NameIsabel Paterson
  • Descriptionauthor and editor
  • BornJanuary 22, 1886
  • DiedJanuary 10, 1961
  • CountryCanada; United States Of America
  • ProfessionJournalist; Woman Of Letters; Philosopher