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A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power of fear.

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Edward Abbey
Age: 62 †
Born: 1927
Born: January 29
Died: 1989
Died: March 14
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Environmentalist
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
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Edward Paul Abbey
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This is the most beautiful place on Earth. There are many such places. Every man, every woman, carries in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary.
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Nature is indifferent to our love, but never unfaithful.
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When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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Original sin, the true original sin, is the blind destruction for the sake of greed of this natural paradise which lies all around us-if only we were worthy of it.
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My notion of a great novel is something like a five-hundred-page shaggy-dog story, with only the punch line omitted.
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Somewhere in the depths of solitude, beyond wilderness and freedom, lay the trap of madness.
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Once upon a time, I dreamed of becoming a great man. Later, a good man. Now, finally, I find it difficult enough and honor enough to be -- a man.
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This world may be only illusion -- but it's the only illusion we've got.
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