Edward Abbey
“We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it.”
“Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.”
“The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.”
“Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.”
“When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.”
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”
“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.”
“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”
“Freedom begins between the ears.”
“The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs more defenders.”
“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.”
“Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”