The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. – Edward Abbey
Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart. – Edward Abbey
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. – Edward Abbey
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. – 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
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. – Edward Abbey
Guns don’t kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that’s only natural. It’s hard. But it’s fair. – Edward Abbey
If it’s knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.
I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them. – Edward Abbey
Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great. – Edward Abbey
Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. – Edward Abbey
Wordless, it rises and falls in hemidemisemitones of unearthly misery. The dirge of the damned. – Edward Abbey
Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. – Edward Abbey
In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal. – Edward Abbey
We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope. – Edward Abbey
A crude meal, no doubt, but the best of all sauces is hunger. – Edward Abbey
Not all questions can be answered. – Edward Abbey
A great thirst is a great joy when quenched in time. – Edward Abbey
The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares. – Edward Abbey
If the end does not justify the means – what can? – Edward Abbey
All things are in motion, all is in process, nothing abides, nothing will ever change in this eternal moment. – Edward Abbey
There is a way of being wrong which is also sometimes necessarily right. – Edward Abbey
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