Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

I dote on myself, there is that lot of me and all so luscious.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give...

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

I find no sweeter fat than sticks to my own bones.

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is...

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

Re-examine all that you have been told... dismiss that which insults your soul.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.