Edward Abbey Quotes About Evil

Quotes about: Evil

• And if the computer gives you any back talk, pour some well-sugared office coffee into its evil little silicon brain.

  Edward Abbey

  Coffee, Evil, Giving

• Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.

  Edward Abbey

  Peace, War, Evil

  "A Voice Crying in the Wilderness".

• Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful work, keeping their families together and taking an active part in the health of their communities, opposing what is evil (in one way or another) and defending what is good. Heroes do not want power over others.

  Edward Abbey

  Hero, People, Evil

  "Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast".

• If, as some say, evil lies in the hearts and not the institutions of men, then there's hardly a distinction worth making between, say, Hitler's Germany and Rebecca's Sunnybrook Farm.

  Edward Abbey

  Lying, Heart, Men

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

• How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.

  Edward Abbey

  Evil, Easy

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

• The majority of American writers today have chosen passive non-resistance to things as they are, producing sloughs of poetry about their personal angst and anomie, cascades of short stories and rivers of novels obsessed with the nuances of domestic relationships - suburban hanky-panky - chic boutique shopping mall literary soap opera. When they do speak out on matters of controversy they attack not the evils of our time but fellow writers who may insist on complaining.

  Edward Abbey

  Speaks Out, Shopping, Rivers

  Edward Abbey (1988). “One Life at a Time, Please”, p.172, Macmillan

• 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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