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The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its suc

The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate. – Elihu Root

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The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark. – Elihu Root

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Faith
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Elihu Root
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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct. – Elihu Root

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Peace
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Elihu Root
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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations. – Walter Bagehot

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But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. – Basil Bunting

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Government

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens. – Edgar A. Suter

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Government

We campaigned on the fact that we were going to have to take difficult decisions because of the state of the public finances. When we got into government we discovered that actually the public finances were in an even worse state than we thought. – Theresa May

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Without Arthurs voice, I never would have enjoyed that success. – Paul Simon

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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it. – Natalie Clifford Barney

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By others faults the wise correct their own. – Proverb

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Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government. – Tony Blair

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