Alexander Hamilton:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good?

Edward Abbey quotes

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!
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Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.
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Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.
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That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding.
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The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders.
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The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
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What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the tiny titmouse.
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