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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Society is like a stew. If you dont stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top. – Edward Abbey

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Society
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Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris. – Edward Abbey

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No totalitarians, no wars, no fears, famines or perils of any kind can really break a mans spirit until he breaks it himself by surrendering. Tyranny has many dread powers, but not the power to rule the spirit. – Edgar Sheffield Brightman

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The most insupportable of tyrannies is that of inferiors. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows. – Antonin Artaud

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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. – Spanish Proverb

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It scares you: all the noise, the rattling, the shaking. But the look on everybodys face when youre finished and packing, its the best smile in the world and theres nobody hurt, and the wells under control. – Red Adair

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Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. Theres no particular virtue in that. Democracy isnt a gift. Its a responsibility. – Dalton Trumbo

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Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. – Henry Ossawa Tanner

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