Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself.

If you feel that you're not ready to die, never fear; nature will give you complete and adequate assistance when the time comes.

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn.

Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.

It is not an easy thing to inflate a dog.

A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.

We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to go there. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope.