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Edward Abbey
American Author
Born: Jan 29, 1927
Died: Mar 14, 1989
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. Edward Abbey
Best Dangerous Corrupts Power Worst Attracts Always
One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork. Edward Abbey
Alone Man Sometimes Stupidity One-Man Pretty Beat Real Dumb Nothin Teamwork Bona Bona Fide
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. Edward Abbey
Nature Clouds Dangerous Amazing Lonesome Mountains Crooked Winding Rise Above Leading Most Most Amazing Trails May View Your
Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. Edward Abbey
Funny You Every Society Once Top Layer Like Stew Stir Up While Then Floats
When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem. Edward Abbey
Best Man Dog Problem Best Friend His Friend
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. Edward Abbey
War Home Enemies Men Young Fighting Other Back Instead Real Tragedy Die Modern Modern War Young Men Each
Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others. Edward Abbey
Wise Men Few Enough Others Anarchism Rule Observation Since Few Men Fewer Themselves Even Founded
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell. Edward Abbey
Conservative Old Evil Hell Our Neither New Nor
There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California. Edward Abbey
Science Experience Thought Logic California Verified Then Reason
Grown men do not need leaders. Edward Abbey
Men Leaders Grown Grown Men Need
The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders. Edward Abbey
Needs Defense Wilderness Only Idea Defenders
Say what you like about my bloody murderous government,' I says, 'but don't insult me poor bleedin' country. Edward Abbey
Government Me You Country Say Says About Like Insult Bloody Poor
What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse. Edward Abbey
Tree Giant Shade Purpose Provide Tiny
The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already. Edward Abbey
Dangerous Enough Missionaries Go Were Forth Savages
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. Edward Abbey
Failure Imagination Supernatural Reflects Belief
Taxation: how the sheep are shorn. Edward Abbey
Sheep How Taxation
Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done than do. Edward Abbey
Would Some Some Things Rather Climbing Than Tube Done Grand Grand Canyon Canyon Floating Things Inner
That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. Edward Abbey
Today Science Understanding More More And More Gives Calls Glut Itself Information Which Us Less

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