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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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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Ive also gotten to play in front of a million people in Central Park when there was a grass roots movement calling for nuclear disarmament – it was about 1982 – they called it Peace Sunday. – Jackson Browne

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We do not want riches, we want peace and love. – Red Cloud

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I just always have to cry out a breakup, and then I can make peace with it pretty quickly. – Brittany Murphy

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Israel cant make peace without the clear support of the United States. – Alan Dershowitz

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