Edward Abbey – Quotes

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.

Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone – and to no one.

All we have, it seems to me, is the beauty of art and nature and life, and the love which that beauty inspires.

Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.

Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.

I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.

Civilization is mutual aid and self-defense; culture is the judge, the lawbook and the forces of Law & Ordure.

The domination of nature leads to the domination of human nature.

The earth will survive our most ingenious folly.