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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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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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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Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. – Edward Abbey

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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. – Edmund Burke

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

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Disregard for human beings is the first qualification of a dictator. – Milton S. Eisenhower

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Tyranny

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. – Edmund Burke

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