A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against its government.

—Edward Abbey

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About Edward Abbey

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Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was 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...

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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.

—Edward Abbey

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Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing.

—Edward Abbey

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Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

—Edward Abbey

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Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second.

—Edward Abbey

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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

—Edward Abbey

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Q: What's the difference between religion and patriotism?
A: When a dog howls at the moon, that's religion. When a dog barks at a stranger, that's patriotism.

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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.

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You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.

—George Bernard Shaw

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He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

—Albert Einstein

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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.

—Bill Vaughan

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