I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.


Slumgullion stew: an Edward Abbey reader (ed. E P Dutton, 1954)


I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.

I despise my own nation most. Because I know it best. Because I still love it, suffering from Hope. For me, that's patrotism.