There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.

Quote by Walt Whitman

Topics: Walt Whitman Quotes

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

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,...

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.

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

The real war will never get in the books.

The real war will never get in the books.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.

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...

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...

In the faces of men and women I see God.

In the faces of men and women I see God.

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

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

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about...

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways,...

The older order changeth, yielding place to new, and God fulfills himself in many ways,...