Quote by Edward Abbey
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his g

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. – Edward Abbey

Other quotes by Edward Abbey

I wish to be
an inspector of volcanoes.
I want to study cloud formations
and memorize the wind
and learn by heart the habits of
the ponderosa pine. – Edward Abbey

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Nature
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Mildly talented in a variety of ways but with no genuine ability in any one field, she was like me, the perennial hapless self-amused dilettante, half-worried by the slippage of time but determined to enjoy failure anyway. – Edward Abbey

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Ability
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Government
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Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. Its time to return to our Founders love for small government. More is not always better. – Gary Bauer

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Government

Under capitalism man exploits man; under socialism the reverse is true. – Polish Proverb

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Government

Well, you know, I – again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this governments priorities. The federal governments top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account. – Carly Fiorina

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Government

Its very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth. – Jimmy Carter

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Government

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God is with you always. Simply turn your face to Him. – Kirpal Singh

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Hard work without talent is a shame, but talent without hard work is a tragedy. – Robert Half

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work

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect. – Steve Kanaly

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