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Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
US radical environmentalist [more author details]
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
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No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
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One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.
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Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
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Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.
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Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

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