Money confers the power to command the labor of others. Love of money is love of power. And love of power is the root of evil.

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

Alaska's chief attractions are: (a) its small and insignificant human population, thanks to the miserable climate; and (b) its large and magnificent wildlife population, thanks to (a). Both of these attractions are being rapidly diminished, however, by (c) the Law of Growth and Space-Age Sleaze.

Nothing can excel a few days in jail for giving a young man or woman a quick education in the basis of industrial society.

most of my wandering in the desert i've done alone. not so much from choice as from necessity - i generally prefer to go into places where no one else wants to go. i find that in contemplating the natural world my pleasure is greater if there are not too many others contemplating it with me, at the same time.

Grown men do not need leaders.

One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years.