William Allen White
William Allen White
William Allen Whitewas a renowned American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death, White became the iconic spokesman for middle America...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth10 February 1868
CountryUnited States of America
positive fear yesterday
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
libertarian-party giving liberty
Liberty is the only thing you cannot have unless you are willing to give it to others.
youth strive teach
In education, we are striving not to teach youth to make a living, but to make a life.
fighting men america
Whenever a free man is in chains we are threatened also. Whoever is fighting for liberty is defending America.
father heart past
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 big impulse in its heart - to exceed all the other generations of the past in all the things that make life worth living.
wise expression law
You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the people -- and, alas, their folly with it. But if there is freedom, folly will die of its own poison, and the wisdom will survive.
greatness men quality
Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common man.
tolerance weakness should
Since others have to tolerate my weaknesses, it is only fair that I should tolerate theirs.
flavor sun dawn
...if ever the sun rises upon Barbecue, its flavor vanishes like Cinderella's silks, and it becomes cold baked beef - staler in the chill dawn than illicit love.
leadership spiritual adventure
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.
meat moral talent
The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
appeasement tyranny treason
Any appeasement of tyranny is treason.