William Allen White Quotes


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. But the old orders should not be moved easily -- certainly not at the mere whim or behest of youth. There must be clash and if youth hasn't enough force or fervor to produce the clash the world grows stale and stagnant and sour in decay. - William Allen White


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 man which God put there when we got our manhood. - William Allen White


We had a man as dashing as Sheridan, as unique and picturesque as the slow-moving, taciturn Grant, as charming as Jackson, as witty as old Billy Sherman, as brave as Paul Jones. - William Allen White


There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity. - William Allen White


The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker. - William Allen White


The facts fairly and honestly presented; truth will take care of itself. - William Allen White


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 if only men can speak in whatever way given them to utter what their hearts hold -- by voice, by posted card, by letter or by press. Reason never has failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world. - William Allen White


Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs. - William Allen White


Rudyard Kipling coined the phrase: 'The female of the species is more deadly than the male.' Well - look at Jeannette Rankin, ... Probably a hundred men in Congress would have liked to do what she did. Not one of them had the courage to do it. The Gazette entirely disagrees with the wisdom of her position. But, Lord, it was a brave thing! - William Allen White


Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world. - William Allen White


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