Edward Abbey Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.

  Edward Abbey

  Baseball, Hero, Player

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.38, RosettaBooks

• Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.

  Edward Abbey

  Taken, Democracy, Anarchy

• The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer."

  Edward Abbey

  Military, Police, Democracy

  "Abbey's Road". Book by Edward Abbey, 1979.

• The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.

  Edward Abbey

  Democracy, Tanks, Rifles

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.20, RosettaBooks

• Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

  Edward Abbey

  Sweet, Democracy, Cures

• The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

  Edward Abbey

  Democracy, Way, Rich

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.15, RosettaBooks

• Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.

  Edward Abbey

  America, People, Democracy

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

• There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.

  Edward Abbey

  Book, Two, Democracy

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.31, RosettaBooks

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