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It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Anecdotes of Samuel Johnson
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How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had we come up with the notion that oat bran is more natural to eat than chicken?: Valerie Martin, The Great Divorce
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The true trophy hunter is a self-disciplined perfectionist seeking a single animal, the ancient patriarch well past his prime that is often an outcast from his own kind... If successful, he will enshrine the trophy in a place of honor. This is a more noble and fitting end than dying on some lost and lonely ledge where the scavengers will pick his bones, and his magnificent horns will weather away and be lost forever.: Elgin Gates, Trophy Hunter in Asia
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No culture has yet solved the dilemma each has faced with the growth of a conscious mind: how to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in all life, when one finds darkness not only in one's own culture but within oneself... There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of a leaning into the light.: Barry Lopez, Arctic Dreams
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Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.: Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989), A Voice Crying in the Wilderness
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.: George Washington (1732 - 1799)
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The emotions that good hunters need to cultivate are love and service more than courage. The sentiments of the hunt then become translated into art.: James Swan, In Defense of Hunting
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Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964)
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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