Quote #44
The 'Terror' of the French Revolution lasted for ten years. The terror that preceded and led to it lasted for a thousand years.
More from Edward Abbey
- Freedom begins between the ears.
- Counterpart to the knee-jerk liberal is the new knee-pad conservative, always groveling before the rich and powerful.
- The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.
- What's the difference between a whore and a congressman? A congressman makes more money.
- In a nation of sheep, one brave man forms a majority.
- When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.
- Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
- Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.