Have you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles — Walt Whitman
I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men — Walt Whitman
I say that democracy can never prove itself beyond cavil, until it founds and luxuriantly — Walt Whitman
I heard what was said of the universe, heard it and heard it of several thousand years — Walt Whitman
Let that which stood in front go behind, let that which was behind advance to the front — Walt Whitman
Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy. — Walt Whitman
In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word. — Walt Whitman
Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. — Walt Whitman
Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror — Walt Whitman
O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better — Walt Whitman
Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? — Walt Whitman
Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever — Walt Whitman
The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it. — Walt Whitman
The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts — Walt Whitman