The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservati…

Edward Abbey
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The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative. ✨ A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal. Book by Edward Abbey, 1989.
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Reply to Plato: I seen horses I seen cows I haint never yet seen horsiness nor that there bovinity neither. ✨ Edward Abbey (2015). A Voice Crying in the Wilderness, p.12, RosettaBooks
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My own ambition, my deepest and truest ambition, is to find within myself someday, somehow, the ability to do likewise, to do NOTHING - and find it enough. ✨ Edward Abbey (1984). Beyond the Wall: Ess … ▶
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense. ✨ Edward … ▶
Belief? What do I believe in? I believe in sun. In rock. In the dogma of the sun and the doctrine of the rock. I believe in blood, fire, woman, rivers, eagles, storm, drums, flutes, banjos, and broom … ▶

The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative. ✨ A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal. Book by Edward Abbey, 1989.

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