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Men have never loved one another much, for reasons we can readily understand: Man is not a lovable animal.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Edward Paul Abbey
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My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
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A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.
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Death is every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.
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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 more pleasing.
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