The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
I guess you will have to go to jail. If that is the result of not understanding the Income Tax Law, I will meet… — Elihu Root Copy Share
Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon… — Elihu Root Copy Share
The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the… — Elihu Root Copy Share
It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with… — Elihu Root Copy Share
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must… — Elihu Root Copy Share
Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to… — Elihu Root Copy Share
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding… — Elihu Root Copy Share
The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an… — Elihu Root Copy Share
The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor… — Elihu Root Copy Share
The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their… — Elihu Root Copy Share
In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the… — Elihu Root Copy Share
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they… — Elihu Root Copy Share
Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control… — Elihu Root Copy Share
It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American… — Elihu Root Copy Share
About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. — Elihu Root Copy Share
