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No man is wise enough to be another man's master. Each man's as good as the next -- if not a damn sight better.

Edward Abbey

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
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Edward Paul Abbey
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Why this cult of wilderness?... because we like the taste of freedom because we like the smell of danger.
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The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
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Of all bores, the worst is the sparkling bore.
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Wealth should come like manna from heaven, unearned and uncalled for. Money should be like grace -- a gift. It is not worth sweating and scheming for.
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The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone - and to no one.
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Our “neoconservatives” are neither new nor conservative, but old as Babylon and evil as Hell.
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Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
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The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art and (2) sedition.
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