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

For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant! – Edward Abbey

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Flowers
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I dont see how poetry can ever be easy… Real poetry, the thick, dense, intense, complicated stuff that lives and endures, requires blood sweat; blood and sweat are essential elements in poetry as well as behind it. – Edward Abbey

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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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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. – William E. Gladstone

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Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. – Albert Einstein

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As long as I dont write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. – Pierre Beaumarchais

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I always disliked dogs, those protectors of cowards who lack the courage to fight an assailant themselves. – August Strindberg

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