There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.

Quote by Walt Whitman

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The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

The dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon...

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.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

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.

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'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work....

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

The poet judges not as a judge judges but as the sun falling around a...

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...

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.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

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 real war will never get in the books

The real war will never get in the books

We convince by our presence.

We convince by our presence.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

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...