Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
liberty scare too-much
Our contemporary Tories prefer the term 'ordered liberty' to 'freedom'. The word 'freedom' scares them; it has too much of a paleolithic ring to it.
people would-be death-penalty
The death penalty would be even more effective, as a deterrent, if we executed a few innocent people more often.
race survival honor
Filling out the form: Race? Human. Religion? Paiute. Occupation? Criminal anarchy. Hobbies? Survival with honor.
age flesh spirit
The New Age orgy: The flesh was willing but the spirit's weak.
morning coffee night
Cold morning on Aztec Peak Fire Lookout. First, build fire in old stove. Second, start coffee. Then, heat up last night's pork chops and spinach for breakfast. Why not? And why the hell not?
nuts fellows fastidious
I'm a fastidious sort of fellow, fond of watermelon and buckbrush nuts.
waiting vacuums antics
In history-as-politics, the 'future' is that vacuum in time waiting to be filled with the antics of statesmen.
men world facts
Though men now possess the power to dominate and exploit every corner of the natural world, nothing in that fact implies that they have the right or the need to do so.
america people trying
Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
america rising levels
In America, as elsewhere, the general irritability level keeps rising.
army hierarchy wells
All power rests on hierarchy: An army is nothing but a well-organized lynch mob.
fool giants whim
Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers -- obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
years anarchy thousand-years
Anarchy works. Italy has proved it for a thousand years.
reading hands mind
Whenever I read _Time_ or _Newsweek_ or such magazines, I wash my hands afterward. But how to wash off the small but odious stain such reading leaves on the mind?