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

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. – Edward Abbey

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best
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Belief in God? An afterlife? I believe in rock: this apodictic rock beneath my feet. – Edward Abbey

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Reality
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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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Other Quotes from
Government
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The essential job of government is to facilitate, not frustrate, job development. – Andrew Cuomo

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Government

It is the mission of the next Conservative Government to build the Responsible Society. – William Hague

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Government

The problem with leaderless uprisings taking over is that you dont always know what you get at the other end. If you are not careful you could replace a bad government with one much worse! – Chinua Achebe

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Government

Barack Obamas enemies are the people who make this country work. Barack Obamas enemies are those who succeed. Those are the people whose income he wants to redistribute. Those are the people whose income he wants to take, using the power and the force of the federal government to do it. – Rush Limbaugh

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Government

Random Quotes

I got the travel bug when I was quite young. My parents took me and my sisters out of school and we travelled all over Europe. It was an eye-opening experience and, although I love Norway, I also enjoy visiting new countries. I dont get homesick. – Magnus Carlsen

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Travel

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions. – Karen Thompson Walker

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Morning

Psychopathia librorum…. I surround myself with the printed word. – Sven Birkerts (b.1951), “Notes from a Confession,” The Agni Review, No.22 (1985)

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Books

Marriage is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest. – Irwin Corey

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Marriage