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William Allen White
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William Allen White
Age: 75 †
Born: 1868
Born: February 10
Died: 1944
Died: January 31
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I have tried to teach people there are three kicks in every dollar: one, when you make it two, when you have it. The third kick it when you give it away - and it is the biggest kick of all.
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I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
William Allen White
The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
William Allen White
If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.
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My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.
William Allen White
A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.
William Allen White
Democracy is an experiment, and the right of the majority to rule is no more inherent than the right of the minority to rule and unless the majority represents sane, righteous, unselfish public sentiment, it has no inherent right.
William Allen White
Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language doesn't mean anything. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming on, just write the word, 'damn,' in the place of 'very.' The editor will strike out the word, 'damn,' and you will have a good sentence.
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From 4 to 6 percent of the presidential office is not in administration but in morals, politics, and spiritual leadership . He has to guide a people in the greatest adventure ever undertaken on the planet.
William Allen White
You say that freedom of utterance is not for time of stress, and I reply with the sad truth that only in time of stress is freedom of utterance in danger? Only when free utterance is suppressed is it needed, and when it is needed it is most vital to justice.
William Allen White
Youth should be radical. Youth should demand change in the world. Youth should not accept the old order if the world is to move on.
William Allen White
Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.
William Allen White
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
William Allen White
As a matter of fact student riots of one sort or another, protests against the order that is, kicks against college and university management indicate a healthy growth and a normal functioning of the academic mind.
William Allen White
Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
William Allen White
Peace without justice is tyranny
William Allen White
The more riots that come out of our college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.
William Allen White
Live for today. Multitudes of people have failed to live for today.... What they have had within their grasp today they have missed entirely, because only the future has intrigued them.
William Allen White
I have never been bored an hour in my life. I get up every morning wondering what new strange glamorous thing is going to happen and it happens at fairly regular intervals.
William Allen White
The facts fairly and honestly presented truth will take care of itself.
William Allen White
