I shall use America and democracy as convertible terms

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: America And Americans Quotes, Democracy Quotes

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

I know nothing grander, better exercise, better digestion, more positive proof of the past, the...

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

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.

Simplicity is the glory of expression

Simplicity is the glory of expression

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be...

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

The words of my book nothing, the drift of it everything.

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

Character and personal force are the only investments worth anything

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

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

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering...

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

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

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...

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred.

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

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

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

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

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.

I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.