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Free Quotes by Edward Abbey
- For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to…
- A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.
- I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.
- Liberty cannot be guaranteed by law. Nor by any thing else except the resolution of free citizens to defend their liberties.
- Humankind will not be free until the last Kremlin commissar is strangled with the entrails of the last Pentagon chief of staff.
- It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?
- Science transcends mere politics. As recent history demonstrates, scientists are as willing to work for a Tojo, a Hitler, or a Stalin as for the…
- The moral duty of the free writer is to begin his work at home: to be a critic of his own community, his own country,…
- Water, water, water....There is no shortage of water in the desert but exactly the right amount , a perfect ratio of water to rock, water…
- A venturesome minority will always be eager to set off on their own, and no obstacles should be placed in their path; let them take…
- I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess - and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand…
- We can have wilderness without freedom; we can have wilderness without human life at all, but we cannot have freedom without wilderness, we cannot have…
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- With a goose-quill and a few sheets of paper, I mock myself of the universe. They say I am the son of… — Pietro Aretino
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The law is reason, free from passion. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom. It is not always an easy sacrifice. — Richard Bach
- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
- WikiLeaks is designed to make capitalism more free and ethical. — Julian Assange
- They have not always elected the best leaders, particularly after a long period in which they have not used this facility of… — Chinua Achebe
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a… — Saint Augustine