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Peace Quotes by Elihu Root
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to…
- The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of…
- 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…
- 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…
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- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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- The whole is more than the sum of its parts. — Aristotle
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