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.

Every moment is precious. And precarious.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

Humankind will not be free until the last Kremlin commissar is strangled with the entrails of the last Pentagon chief of staff.

Life is unfair. And it's not fair that life is unfair.

Wilderness. The word itself is music.

Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.