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People Quotes by Edward Abbey
- Let us hope our weapons are never needed -but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An…
- In metaphysics, the notion that earth and all that's on it is a mental construct is the product of people who spend their lives inside…
- Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
- The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.
- I know my own nation best. That's why I despise it the most. And know and love my own people, too, the swine. I'm a…
- In social institutions, the whole is always less than the sum of its parts. There will never be a state as good as its people,…
- Representative government has broken down. Our politicians represent not the people who vote for them but the commercial interests who finance their election campaigns. We…
- Terrorism: deadly violence against humans and other living things, usually conducted by government against its own people.
- The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
- Some people write to please, to soothe, to console. Others to provoke, to challenge, to exasperate and infuriate. I've always found the second approach the…
- Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music.
- Are people more important than the grizzly bear? Only from the point of view of some people.
- The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they…
- Every important change in our society, for the good, at least, has taken place because of popular pressure-pressure from below, from the great mass of…
- The purpose of love, sex, and marriage is the production and raising of children. But look about you: Most people have no business having children.…
- I understand and sympathize with the reasonable needs of a reasonable number of people on a finite continent. All life depends upon other life. But…
- Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.
- If people persist in trespassing upon the grizzlies' territory, we must accept the fact that the grizzlies, from time to time, will harvest a few…
- Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful…
- To the Technocrats: Have mercy on us. Relax a bit, take time out for simple pleasures. For example, the luxuries of electricity, indoor plumbing, central…
- Readers, not critics, are the people who determine a book's eventual fate.
- God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
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- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle