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> [“Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/every-great-movement-needs-an-agitator-every-leader-of-spiritual/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

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## More by William Allen White

> [“Every great movement needs an agitator. Every leader of spiritual ideals need a John the Baptist.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/every-great-movement-needs-an-agitator-every-leader-of-spiritual/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/youth-should-be-radical-youth-should-demand-change-in-the-world-youth/)

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> [I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/i-would-rather-have-written-fables-in-slang-than-be-president/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [Peace without justice is tyranny](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/peace-without-justice-is-tyranny/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/i-am-not-afraid-of-tomorrow-for-i-have-seen-yesterday-and-i-love-today/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/there-is-no-insanity-so-devastating-in-man-s-life-as-utter-sanity/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/whenever-a-free-man-is-in-chains-we-are-threatened-also-whoever-is/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/live-for-today-multitudes-of-people-have-failed-to-live-for-today/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/advertising-is-the-genie-which-is-transforming-america-into-a-place/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-cannot-have-unless-you-are-willing-to/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/in-education-we-are-striving-not-to-teach-youth-to-make-a-living-but/)

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> [In the Barbecue is any four footed animal -- be it mouse or mastodon -- whose dressed carcass is roasted whole... at its best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/in-the-barbecue-is-any-four-footed-animal-be-it-mouse-or-mastodon/)

[William Allen White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-allen-white/)

> [Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/liberty-is-the-only-thing-you-can-t-have-unless-you-give-it-to-others/)

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> [If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/if-our-colleges-and-universities-do-not-breed-men-who-riot-who-rebel/)

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> [Dip your pen into your arteries and write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-allen-white/dip-your-pen-into-your-arteries-and-write/)

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