Famous Quotes by Edward Abbey

Below are famous quotes by Edward Abbey - US radical environmentalist (1927 - 1989).

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

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers-- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

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