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Than Quotes by Elihu Root
- 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,…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
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