Perhaps I shouldn't call it shit. That's a bit crude. I don't really despise Christianity or even the Roman Church, and certainly not the incontrovertible glory of the Middle Ages. What I do despise is the contemporary inclination to flop to the knees and crawl back into the past, to shy from what seem like impossible problems in order to bury the head, asshole aloft and twitching, in the Sands of Time. Cowardice, I calls it. Illusion-seeking. Womb-crawling. And treason. Desertion in the face of the enemy. Strong words indeed. But I've always been rather a blunt, tough, plain-spoken type. . Edward Abbey
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John Adams is known for his blunt, tough, plain-spoken personality. He was a politician who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. One of his best known quotes is, "John Adams said I have long regretted that I did not serve under General Washington."

Source: Postcards From Ed: Dispatches And Salvos From An American Iconoclast

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