63 ordspråk av Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey föddes den January 29th 1927 och dog den 14 March 1989 - whose works, set primarily in the southwestern United States, reflect an uncompromising environmentalist philosophy.
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 The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.

 The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.

 The ideal society can be described, quite simply, as that in which no man has the power of means to coerce others.

 The missionaries go forth to Christianize the savages - as if the savages weren't dangerous enough already

 The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

 The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.

 There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.

 There have been some, even in the Park Service, who advocate spraying Delicate Arch with a fixative of some sort - Elmer's glue perhaps or Lady Clairol Spray Net.

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

 This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and animals. Stand up for the stupid and crazy. Take your hat off to no man.

 We are kindred all of us, ... killer and victim, predator and prey, me and the sly coyote, the soaring buzzard, the elegant gopher snake, the trembling cottontail, the foul worms that feed on our entrails, all of them, all of us.

 What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.

 When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem

 When the biggest, richest, glassiest buildings in town are the banks, you know that town's in trouble.

 When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense


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