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A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

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
Essayist
Novelist
Philosopher
Screenwriter
Writer
Edward Paul Abbey
Men
Showdown
Rifle
Rifles
Defend
Duty
Ready
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You long for success? Start at the bottom dig down.
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Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.
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Our big social institutions do not reflect human nature they distort it.
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Writing on the wall: Will trade three blind crabs for two with no teeth.
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The ready availability of suicide, like sex and alcohol, is one of life's basic consolations.
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