Edward Abbey Quote

We must save the city. It is essence and substance of us all-we cannot lose it without diminishing our stature as a nation, without a fatal wound.


The Journey Home: Some Words in Defense of the American West, Chapter 9 (p. 101)


We must save the city. It is essence and substance of us all-we cannot lose it without diminishing our stature as a nation, without a fatal wound.

We must save the city. It is essence and substance of us all-we cannot lose it without diminishing our stature as a nation, without a fatal wound.

We must save the city. It is essence and substance of us all-we cannot lose it without diminishing our stature as a nation, without a fatal wound.

We must save the city. It is essence and substance of us all-we cannot lose it without diminishing our stature as a nation, without a fatal wound.