Edward Abbey Quotes About Duty

Quotes about: Duty

• The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Country, Freedom

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

• A genius is always on duty; even his dreams are tax deductible.

  Edward Abbey

  Dream, Genius, Duty

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.30, RosettaBooks

• A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

  Edward Abbey

  Home, Men, Rifles

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.56, RosettaBooks

• So I write mainly for the fun of it, the hell of it, the duty of it. I enjoy writing and will probably be a scribbler on my dying day, sprawled on some stony trail halfway between two dry waterholes.

  Edward Abbey

  Fun, Writing, Two

• The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country, his own government, his own culture. The more freedom the writer possesses, the greater the moral obligation to play the role of critic.

  Edward Abbey

  Country, Home, Government

  Edward Abbey (1996). “The Serpents of Paradise: A Reader”, p.373, Macmillan

• But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.

  Edward Abbey

  Writing, Records, May

  Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

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