I had never heard of Edward Abbey before. However, I found a bunch of his quotes on the Internet. Of the ones I found, here are the ones I enjoyed the most:


"Abolition of a woman's right to abortion, when and if she wants it, amounts to compulsory maternity: a form of rape by the State." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Society 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 Abbey (1927-1989)


"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"When a man's best friend is his dog, that dog has a problem." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)


"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit." - Edward Abbey (1927-1989)