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Walt Whitman - Walt Whitman’s Caution.

TO The States, or any one of them, or any city of The States, Resist much, obey
    little; 
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved; 
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city, of this earth, ever afterward resumes its
    liberty.

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Poet: Walt Whitman
Poem: 5. Walt Whitman’s Caution.
Volume: Leaves of Grass
- 13. Songs of Insurrection
Year: Published/Written in 1900

Comment 5 of 5, added on May 11th, 2008 at 10:50 AM.
Good site




from San Marino
Comment 4 of 5, added on November 15th, 2005 at 10:10 AM.

You can't just obey everything without question. If something is wrong then you have to stand up for it (resist). Unquestionable obedience leads to a corrupt leader taking advantage of the people and brings about some of the most horrific tragedies seen throughout time.

Clint from United States
Comment 3 of 5, added on January 30th, 2005 at 11:22 PM.

i love this poem

kathrin from Belarus

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