Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.
Source: From Food for Thought by Jack Tourette. acollection of quotations from the Internet.
-- Edward Abbey, (Jan 29 1927-1989), US author; The Thoreau of the American West championed environmental concerns: Desert Solitaire, 1968.