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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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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Government
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To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism. – Elihu Root

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War
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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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An unjust peace is better than a just war. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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If we have not peace within ourselves, it is in vain to seek it from outward sources. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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When Communist U.S.S.R. was a superpower, the world was better off. The right-wing media is trying to marginalize the peace movement. – Janeane Garofalo

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Im at peace with myself because what I talk about is the way I live. – Sean Hannity

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Poetry… simple, sensuous and passionate. – John Milton, “Of Education. To Mr. Samuel Hartlib,” c.1650

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School is practice for the future, and practice makes perfect. But nobodys perfect, so why practice? – Billie Joe Armstrong

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That is the definition of faith – acceptance of that which we imagine to be true, that which we cannot prove. – Dan Brown

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