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

Quote by Walt Whitman

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The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

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...

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it...

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

Every moment of light and dark is a miracle.

In the faces of men and women I see God

In the faces of men and women I see God

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 no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.

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...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

This is what you shall do: love the earth and sun, and animals, despise riches,...

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...

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...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you...

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.

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 shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man...

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.