Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

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...

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in...

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.

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as...

I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as...

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Whoever degrades another degrades me, And whatever is done or said returns at last to...

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Damn all expurgated books, the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in...

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...

Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet...