I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that supplying one or two such specimens illuminates the whole body for a thousand years.


Democratic Vistas: And Other Papers (ed. 1888)

Walt Whitman Quotes

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that...

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that...

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that...

I say no body of men are fit to make Presidents, judges and generals, unless they themselves supply the best specimens of the same; and that...