Edward Abbey Quotes - Page 5

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• Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

  Edward Abbey

  Sheep, Taxation, Taxes

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

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• There are circumstances in which suicide presents a viable option; a workable alternative; the only sensible solution.

  Edward Abbey

  Suicide, Alternatives, Circumstances

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.24, RosettaBooks

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• The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space.

  Edward Abbey

  Journey, Blue, Space

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

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• The idea of wilderness needs no defense. It only needs more defenders.
  Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.

  Edward Abbey

  Ideas, Needs, Defense

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• Great art is never perfect; perfect art is never great.

  Edward Abbey

  Art, Perfect, Ballet

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

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• Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.

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  Fashion, Communication, Nerves

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

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• God bless America. Let's try to save some of it.

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  America, Trying, God Bless

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• The rich are not very nice. That's why they're rich.

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  Nice, Rich, Very Nice

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• Concrete is heavy; iron is hard - but the grass will prevail.

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  Strength, Nature, Iron

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.48, RosettaBooks

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• Let us hope our weapons are never needed - but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.

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  Military, Gun, Rights

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

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• Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

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  Useless, Virtue, Morose

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

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• The desert wears... a veil of mystery. Motionless and silent it evokes in us an elusive hint of something unknown, unknowable, about to be revealed. Since the desert does not act it seems to be waiting -- but waiting for what?

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  Waiting, Doe, Desert

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.241, Simon and Schuster

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• Let us praise the noble turkey vulture: No one envies him; he harms nobody; and he contemplates our little world from a most serene and noble height.

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  Turkeys, Envy, Littles

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.28, RosettaBooks

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• There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

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  Travel, Fun, Crazy

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.13, RosettaBooks

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• Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.

  Edward Abbey

  Adventure, Cutting, Civilization

  Edward Abbey (1968). “Desert Solitaire”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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• One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

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  Teamwork, Stupid, Real

  "The Monkey Wrench Gang" by Edward Abbey, (p. 313), 1975.

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

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  Fool, Mankind, Foolishness

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

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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.

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  Mean, Men, Ideal Society

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

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• Preacher to me: 'A dollar for the Lord, brother?' Me to preacher: 'That's all right, I'm headed his way. I'll give it to him when I see him.'

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  Brother, Giving, Dollars

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

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• In the world of words, one of my best-loved tribes is the diatribe.

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  World, Tribes

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.34, RosettaBooks

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• The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.

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  Wine, People, Independence

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

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• Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.

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  Taken, Democracy, Anarchy

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• Wilderness. The word itself is music.

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  Wilderness

  Edward Abbey (1988). “Desert Solitaire”, p.146, University of Arizona Press

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• In the land of bleating sheep and braying jackasses, one brave and honest man is bound to create a scandal.

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  Men, Sheep, Land

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

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• If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

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  Giving, Adequate, Never Fear

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

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