William Allen White
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"William Allen White" was a renowned United States/American newspaper editor, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement. Between 1896 and his death, White became the iconic spokesman for Middle America (United States)/middle America.

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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 there is something wrong with our colleges. The more riots that come on college campuses, the better world for tomorrow.

A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.

There is no insanity so devastating in man's life as utter sanity.

Liberty is the only thing you can't have unless you give it to others.

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.

My advice to the women of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias.

Peace without justice is tyranny.

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.