All Elihu Root Quotes
- Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are… All
- Men do not fail; they give up trying. Fail
- When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be… America
- The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream. Always Charges
- 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,… Averted
- The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created… Constitution
- About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut up. Clients
- Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice,… Ambition
- There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way… Acquaintance
- 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 rights. Adherence
- Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much… Chance
- Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice. Believe
- Moral disarmament is to safeguard the future; material disarmament is to save for the present, that there may be a future to safeguard. Disarmament
- The worst, the hardest, the most disagreeable thing that you may have to do may be the thing that counts most, because it is the… Alone
- 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
- The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who… Effective
- 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… Attractive
- 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… Acquired
- Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded… Aggravation
- The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice. All