Famous Quotes / Edward Abbey
11 Quotations by Edward Abbey
- 1. A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
- 2. Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even ...
- 3. Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.
- 4. Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
- 5. Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the ...
- 6. May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your ...
- 7. No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, an ...
- 8. One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' ca ...
- 9. Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to ...
- 10. The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
- 11. The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.