To the States


  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.
by Walt Whitman
by Walt Whitman
Written around 1891. 72 reads.
Written by Walt Whitman, in the public domain.
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