Edward Abbey Quotes about Purpose

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If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

If it's knowledge and wisdom you want, then seek out the company of those who do real work for an honest purpose.

Edward Abbey

Real, Purpose, Want

Edward Abbey (2006). “Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast”

The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.

Edward Abbey

Government, Political, Purpose

Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.18, RosettaBooks