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War 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,…
- 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 law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who…
- 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…
- To deal with the true causes of war one must begin by recognizing as of prime relevancy to the solution of the problem the familiar…
- War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.
- 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…
- Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.
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- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- There live not three good men unhanged in England; and one of them is fat and grows old. — William Shakespeare
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Go, bid the soldiers shoot. — William Shakespeare
- Here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. — William Shakespeare