Quote by Elihu Root
The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribu

The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. – 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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Peace
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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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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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Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air. – Georges Bernanos

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Well I think it has always been a mistake to reduce the peace process in Ireland to a decommissioning process. – Martin McGuinness

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The wise man… if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear. – Samuel Smiles

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Peace with Israel is a strategic imperative for Jordan. – King Abdullah II

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Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill. – Buddha

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Cure the disease and kill the patient. – Francis Bacon

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The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. – Anaïs Nin

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It is no less a feat to keep what you have, than to increase it. In one there is chance, the other will be a work of art. – Ovid

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