Edward Abbey quote database

The silence - meaning here not the total absence of sounds, for the river and its canyons are bright with a native music - but rather the total absence of confusion and clamor,that would be the problem.
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Remaining silent about the destruction of nature is an endorsement of that destruction.
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Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.
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Death if every man's final critic. To die well you must live bravely.
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In social affairs, I'm an optimist. I really do believe that our military- industrial civilization will soon collapse.
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