Quote by Elihu Root
Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to sec

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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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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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. – Elihu Root

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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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War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed. – William McKinley

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Let us have peace. – Ulysses S. Grant

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Peace hath higher tests of manhood, than battle ever knew. – John Greenleaf Whittier

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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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