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

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...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to...

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.

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

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

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred

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...

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.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Produce great men, the rest follows.

Be curious, not judgmental.

Be curious, not judgmental.

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his...

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of...

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,...

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.

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...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Did you, too, O friend, suppose democracy was only for elections, for politics, and for...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less...

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be...

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be...