William Allen White Quotes

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• I fear vastly more a futile, incompetent old age than I do any form of death.
• There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.
• Consistency is a paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.
• 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…
• 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…
• If our colleges and universities do not breed men who riot, who rebel, who attack life with all the youthful vim and vigor, then there…
• Peace without justice is tyranny
• Every one expects to go further than his father went; every one expects to be better than he was born and every generation has one…
• 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…
• You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and,…
• 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…
• Whoever tramples on the plea for justice temperately made in the name of peace only outrages peace and kills something fine in the heart of…
• The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
• So, dear friend, put fear out of your heart. This nation will survive, this state will prosper, the orderly business of life will go forward…
• The more riots that come out of our college campuses, the better the world for tomorrow.
• In the Barbecue is any four footed animal -- be it mouse or mastodon -- whose dressed carcass is roasted whole... at its best it…
• Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.
• Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
• Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.
• We all have weaknesses. But I have figured that others have put up with mine so tolerably that I would be much less than fair…

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