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No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.

— Edward Abbey A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990)

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Come on in. The earth, like the sun, like the air, belongs to everyone — and to no one.

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The earth will survive our most ingenious folly.

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