Quote by Edward Abbey
No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands o

No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets. – Edward Abbey

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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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Nobody seems more obsessed by diet than our anti-materialistic, otherworldly, New Age spiritual types. But if the material world is merely illusion, an honest guru should be as content with Budweiser and bratwurst as with raw carrot juice, tofu and seaweed slime. – Edward Abbey

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they dont turn against him, they crush those beneath them. – Emily Bronte

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Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. – Edmund Burke

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One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves. – Albert Camus

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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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