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Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. – 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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War
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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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Find patience in the breath of life. – Ryunosuke Satoro

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Heaven grant us patience with a man in love. – Rudyard Kipling

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Honestly, I didnt have the patience for biology or history in an academic sense, but I always liked the kind of big questions. – Andrew Bird

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No, youre not allowed to be bossy when youre married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience. – Star Jones

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It is in moments of illness that we are compelled to recognize that we live not alone but chained to a creature of a different kingdom, whole worlds apart, who has no knowledge of us and by whom it is impossible to make ourselves understood: our body. – Marcel Proust

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Today, comics is one of the very few forms of mass communication in which individual voices still have a chance to be heard. – Scott McCloud

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