"The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to……" — Elihu Root
"The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything."
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38 Quotes by Elihu Root
Elihu Root has 38 quotes on this site.
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Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful…
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Men do not fail; they give up trying.
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When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of…
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The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.
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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to…
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The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second…
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About half the practice of a decent lawyer is telling would-be clients that they are damned fools and should shut…
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Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude…
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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and…
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Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real…
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Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial…
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Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.
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More Approvingly Quotes
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The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton,"…
— Kenneth Grahame
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As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say,…
— Dave Eggers
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The 'working poor,' as they are approvingly termed, are in fact the major philanthropists of our society.
— Barbara Ehrenreich
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Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron,” Sebastian said approvingly. “Excellent choice.” “You have read this?” Alexei asked. “It’s not as…
— Julia Quinn
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Take one more step and I'll put an arrow through you." Will tried to model his voice on the quiet,…
— John Flanagan
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You dress to impress," I said approvingly. "No, Angel." He leaned in, his teeth softly grazing my ear. "I undress…
— Becca Fitzpatrick
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