Quote by Elihu Root
It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining ev

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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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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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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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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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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One can not reflect in streaming water. Only those who know internal peace can give it to others. – Lao Tzu

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Every human longs for peace and love. – Hiawatha

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