Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Edward Paul Abbey
American Author and Essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues and criticism of public land policies
"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell."
"Love implies anger. The man who is angered by nothing cares about nothing. "
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. "
"That which today calls itself science gives us more and more information, and indigestible glut of information, and less and less understanding. "
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit. "
"The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals. "