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• 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

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.18, RosettaBooks

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• To die alone, on rock under sun at the brink of the unknown, like a wolf, like a great bird, seems to me very good fortune indeed.

  Edward Abbey

  Rocks, Bird, Sun

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.186, University of Arizona Press

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• Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.

  Edward Abbey

  Roots, Evil, And Love

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.53, RosettaBooks

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• New Yorkers like to boast that if you can survive in New York, you can survive anywhere. But if you can survive anywhere, why live in New York?

  Edward Abbey

  New York, Boast, New Yorkers

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.57, RosettaBooks

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• Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the more pleasing.

  Edward Abbey

  Writing, People, Challenges

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.35, RosettaBooks

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• Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

  Edward Abbey

  Fool, Mankind, Foolishness

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.10, RosettaBooks

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• All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence?

  Edward Abbey

  Government, Enemy, Needs

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.22, RosettaBooks

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• Freedom begins between the ears.

  Edward Abbey

  Freedom, Liberty, Ears

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.21, RosettaBooks

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• In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.

  Edward Abbey

  Men, Sheep, Brave

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.19, RosettaBooks

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• Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

  Edward Abbey

  Useless, Virtue, Morose

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.113, University of Arizona Press

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• Whatever we cannot easily understand we call God; this saves much wear and tear on the brain tissues.

  Edward Abbey

  Positive, Brain, Tears

  "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness".

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• Under the desert sun, in the dogmatic clarity, the fables of theology and the myths of classical philosophy dissolve like mist. The air is clean, the rock cuts cruelly into flesh; shatter the rock and the odor of flint rises to your nostrils, bitter and sharp. Whirlwinds dance across the salt flats, a pillar of dust by day; the thornbush breaks into flame at night. What does it mean? It means nothing. It is as it is and has no need for meaning. The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification. Therefore, sublime.

  Edward Abbey

  Philosophy, Lying, Mean

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• Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.

  Edward Abbey

  Law, Liberty, Citizens

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.18, RosettaBooks

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• We spend more time working for our labor-saving machines than they do working for us.

  Edward Abbey

  Machines, Saving, More Time

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.49, RosettaBooks

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• Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.

  Edward Abbey

  Home, Heaven, Utopia

  Edward Abbey (1954). “Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader”, E P Dutton

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• Women: We cannot love them all. But we must try.

  Edward Abbey

  Trying

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.43, RosettaBooks

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• In the modern technoindustrial culture, it is possible to proceed from infancy into senility without ever knowing manhood.

  Edward Abbey

  Knowing, Culture, Modern

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.25, RosettaBooks

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• Men have never loved one another much, for reasons we can readily
  understand: Man is not a lovable animal.

  Edward Abbey

  Animal, Men, Lovable

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.25, RosettaBooks

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• Every moment is precious. And precarious.

  Edward Abbey

  Moments, Precarious

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.27, RosettaBooks

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• How strange and wonderful is our home, our earth, with its swirling vaporous atmosphere, its flowing and frozen liquids, its trembling plants, its creeping, crawling, climbing creatures, the croaking things with wings that hang on rocks and soar through the fog, the furry grass, the scaly seas.

  Edward Abbey

  Home, Rocks, Fog

  Edward Abbey (1954). “Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader”, E P Dutton

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• ‎"If my decomposing carcass helps nourish the roots of a juniper tree or the wings of a vulture--that is immortality enough for me. And as much as anyone deserves." E.Abbey

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Wings, Roots

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.27, RosettaBooks

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• We can have wilderness without freedom; we can have wilderness without human life at all, but we cannot have freedom without wilderness, we cannot have freedom without leagues of open space beyond the cities, where boys and girls, men and women, can live at least part of their lives under no control but their own desires and abilities, free from any and all direct administration by their fellow men.

  Edward Abbey

  Girl, Boys, Men

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• The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

  Edward Abbey

  Mean, Men, Ideal Society

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• The greater your dreams, the more terrible your nightmares.

  Edward Abbey

  Dream, Nightmare, Terrible

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.26, RosettaBooks

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• The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.

  Edward Abbey

  Nature, Air, Earth

  "The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West". Book by Edward Abbey ("Come On In", p. 88), 1977.

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