Russell Davenport

Russell Wheeler Davenport (1899 – April 19, 1954) was an American editor, political consultant, and writer.

Quotes

My Country (1944)

• All tongues and races are American,
  All nations are embodied in her job,
  To breed the noble concept of a man
  Whose freedom is, that others should be free.
  • Pt. I, p. 3 [Variant: 'countries and all races' for 'tongues and races']

• My country loves the lovers of her flag:
  The strong, oracular emblem of her will —
  The spangled cloth of peace — the bloody rag
  Above embattled gulch and smoking hill,
  Like freedom nailed in pain against the sky.
  • Pt. IV, p. 56

• Freedom is not to limit, but to share;
  And freedom here is freedom everywhere.
  • Pt. IV, p. 62

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Russell Davenport on Wikipedia