Quote by Elihu Root
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Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others. – 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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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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I know of no more important subject to the peace of Europe and the world than the reasonable reduction of armaments, especially in Europe, and of naval armaments throughout the world. – Frank B. Kellogg

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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. – Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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If you remember you just have one constituent, and thats God himself, and if you try to please him I think you usually come with a lot steadier pace and a lot more peace in your life. – Jim DeMint

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We must join with the tens of millions all over the world who see in peace our most sacred responsibility. – Paul Robeson

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