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Edward Abbey Famous Quotes
 A drink a day keeps the shrink away. ~ Edward Abbey
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. ~ Edward Abbey
Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State. ~ Edward Abbey
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. ~ Edward Abbey
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. ~ Edward Abbey
Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down. ~ Edward Abbey
Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. ~ Edward Abbey
For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! ~ Edward Abbey
Grown men do not need leaders. ~ Edward Abbey
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. ~ Edward Abbey
If the end does not justify the means - what can? ~ Edward Abbey
Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. ~ Edward Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. ~ Edward Abbey
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. ~ Edward Abbey
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. ~ Edward Abbey
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. ~ Edward Abbey
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. ~ Edward Abbey
Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. ~ Edward Abbey
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. ~ Edward Abbey
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn. ~ Edward Abbey
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. ~ Edward Abbey
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. ~ Edward Abbey
The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. ~ Edward Abbey
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. ~ Edward Abbey
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. ~ Edward Abbey
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. ~ Edward Abbey
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. ~ Edward Abbey
Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. ~ Edward Abbey
You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ~ Edward Abbey
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