We are slaves in the sense that we depend for our daily survival upon an expand-or-expire agro-industrial empireโa crackpot machineโthat the specialists cannot comprehend and the managers cannot manage. Which is, furthermore, devouring world resources at an exponential rate. We are, most of us, dependent employees. โฆEdward Abbey (1927-1989)
Edward AbbeyI would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them.
Edward AbbeyI do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.
Edward AbbeySociety is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
Edward AbbeyCivilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.
Edward Abbey