Edward Abbey Quotes
A man's duty? To be ready -- with rifle or rood -- to defend his home when the showdown comes.
Abbey, Edward. A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto). St. Martin's Press, 1990.
The Chinese were massacred when the Japanese invaded with atrocities against civilians that were inconceivable until Hitler began his in Europe. However, there were many Chinese we worked against the Japanese including the Communists who made a truce with Chiang (see {636322}) so that they could oust the Japanese invaders.
Winston Churchill utilized this quotation in his first radio address as Prime Minister, May 19, 1940
At the height of his professional career, this Hall of Famer enlisted in the WWII Navy and was an anti-aircraft gunner and fought in the Pacific.
Edward Paul Abbey was an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies. His best-known works include Desert Solitaire, a non-fiction autobiographical account of his time as a park ranger at Arches National Park considered to be an iconic work of nature writing and a staple of early environmentalist writing; the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by environmentalists and groups defending nature by various means, also called eco-warriors; his novel Hayduke Lives; and his essay collections Down the River (with Henry Thoreau & Other Friends) (1982) and One Life at a Time, Please (1988).
