If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.

Without courage, all other virtues are useless.

If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

One thing worse than self-hatred is chiggers.

A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.

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