“Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.”
History
“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”
GreatAll Quotes by Walt Whitman
“A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.”
Nature“I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.”
Best“The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.”
Great“He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.”
Teacher“The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.”
Beauty“I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.”
Great“And your very flesh shall be a great poem.”
Great“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.”
Great“Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?”
Great“I cannot be awake for nothing looks to me as it did before, Or else I am awake for the first time, and all before has been a mean sleep.”
Time“I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends.”
Funny“Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.”
Good“I have learned that to be with those I like is enough.”
Friendship“And I will show that nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
Death“Whatever satisfies the soul is truth.”
Truth“I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.”
God“Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.”
Death“Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.”
Time“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 common people.”
Best