#wilderness

I come from pioneer stock, developers of the West, people who went out into the wilderness and set up home with nothing but a pair of oxen. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. ↗

— John Muir

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To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. ↗

— John Muir

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There's been progress toward seeing that nature and culture are not opposing terms, and that wilderness is not the only kind of landscape for environmentalists to concern themselves with. ↗

— Michael Pollan

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We all understand that compromise is part of the legislative process, yet at the same time, I would submit that wilderness is not for sale. ↗

— Nick Rahall

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For a variety of reasons, I believe, the time is right to resolve many of the long standing and thorny land use, recreation, and wilderness designation issues in Central Idaho. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

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I realize the answer is not to create wilderness and walk away. ↗

— Michael K. Simpson

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Raindrops blossom brilliantly in the rainbow, and change to flowers in the sod, but snow comes in full flower direct from the dark, frozen sky. ↗

— John Muir

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To the question: Wilderness, who needs it? Doc would say: Because we like the taste of freedom, comrades. Because we like the smell of danger. But, thought Hayduke, what about the smell of fear, Dad? ↗

— Edward Abbey

#edward-abbey #fear #freedom #the-monkey-wrench-gang #wilderness

The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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