Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

I come more and more to the conclusion that wilderness, in America or anywhere else, is the only thing left that is worth saving.

I've never yet read a review of one of my own books that I couldn't have written much better myself.

Let us hope our weapons are never needed - but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.

In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies of our time.

Why is it that the destruction of something created by humans is called vandalism, yet the destruction of something created by God is called development?

There is a wine called Easy Days and Mellow Nights, well-known on the outskirts of the Navajo reservation. It is an economical wine, fortified with the best of intentions, and I recommend it to every serious wino.