Quote by Walt Whitman
The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executi

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. – Walt Whitman

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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. – Walt Whitman

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O lands! O all so dear to me — what you are, I become part of that, whatever it is. – Walt Whitman

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The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity. – Walt Whitman

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Im proof against that word failure. Ive seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best. – George Eliot

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If you cant get rid of the skeleton in your closet, youd best teach it to dance. – George Bernard Shaw

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Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know. – Charles Kingsley

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I like physics. I think it is the best science out of all three of them, because generally its more useful. You learn about speed and velocity and time, and thats all clever stuff. – Tom Felton

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