I Love America (Edward Abbey)
"I love America because it is a confused, chaotic mess -- and I hope we can keep it this way for at least another thousand years. The permissive society is the free society, the open society. Who gave us permission to live this way? Nobody did. We did. And that's the way it should be -- only more so. The best cure for the ills of democracy is more democracy."
from The Journey Home: Some words in defense of the American West. 1991 Plume Books. I saw this quote in the March-April Utne Reader. And I do. Love this country, and all she can stand for when she is at her best. And I hope we can our way back to that place.
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