Quote by Edward Abbey
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts t

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

Other quotes by Edward Abbey

We are preoccupied with time. If we could learn to love space as deeply as we are now obsessed with time, we might discover a new meaning in the phrase to live like men. – Edward Abbey

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Time
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Say what you like about my bloody murderous government, I says, but dont insult me poor bleedin country. – Edward Abbey

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Government
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What ideal, immutable Platonic cloud could equal the beauty and perfection of any ordinary everyday cloud floating over, say, Tuba City, Arizona, on a hot day in June? – Edward Abbey

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Youll live. Only the best get killed. – Charles de Gaulle

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At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. – Theodore Roosevelt

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Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances. – Orison Swett Marden

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