Edward Abbey Quotes About Democracy
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The rifle and handgun are 'equalizers' -- the weapons of a democracy. Tanks and bombers represent dictatorship.
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The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer."
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Anarchism is democracy taken seriously.
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There are only two kinds of books -- good books and the others. The good are winnowed from the bad through the democracy of time.
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Democracy -- rule by the people -- sounds like a fine thing; we should try it sometime in America.
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The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.
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Baseball serves as a good model for democracy in action: Every player is equally important and each has a chance to be a hero.
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Anarchism? You bet your sweet betsy. The only cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy. Much more.
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