Quote by Elihu Root
The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from mans original savage nature. – 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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It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war. – Elihu Root

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The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify. – Elihu Root

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But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself – not afraid. – Robert Falcon Scott

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You cant make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you cant make peace without Syria. – Henry A. Kissinger

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Think not I came to send peace on the earth; I came not to send peace but a sword. – Bible

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I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. – Albert Einstein

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