Quote #52
The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.
More from Edward Abbey
- If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.
- God is a sound people make when they're too tired to think anymore.
- I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.
- Hierarchical institutions are like giant bulldozers - obedient to the whim of any fool who takes the controls.
- An empty man is full of himself.
- One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fana…
- Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.
- When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.