"Society is like a stew. If you don't……" — Edward Abbey
"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."
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586 Quotes by Edward Abbey
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Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and…
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Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.
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A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
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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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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise…
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Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of…
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The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies…
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Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.
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