The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the…

Quote by Walt Whitman

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

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

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...

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...

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

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...

I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

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...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until...

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Comrade, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

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...

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.

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

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

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several...

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.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and...

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

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

Nothing endures but personal qualities.

Nothing endures but personal qualities.