There is a deep, abiding, unshakable satisfaction in a life of complete failure.

When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem.

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

It is not an easy thing to inflate a dog.

The national parks belong to everyone. To the people. To all of us. The government keeps saying so and maybe, in this one case at least, the government is telling the truth. Hard to believe, but possible.

My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon.