Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass (1867)

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4.

OF ownership—As if one fit to own things could not
at pleasure enter upon all, and incorporate
them into himself or herself;

Of Equality—As if it harm'd me, giving others the
         same chances and rights as myself—As if it
         were not indispensable to my own rights that
         others possess the same;

Of Justice—As if Justice could be anything but the
same ample law, expounded by natural judges
and saviors,

As if it might be this thing or that thing, according
to decisions.

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