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The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Citizens Compels Considerate Constitute Constitutional Electorate Exercise Government Growth Individual Judgment Modern Practice Reason Successful Who

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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 war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Appeal Civilized Consists Fact Forces Lies Limitation Man Mode Nature Original Peace Product Promoting Savage Side War While

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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Civilization Continually Force Increasing Least Line Make Opinion Progress Public Public Opinion Real Resistance Theoretical World

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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 peace in general fall short of the mark.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Argument Common Convincing Faith Fall Favor General Interchange Loving Mark Mere Peace People Public Reasons Short

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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 fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Action Aim Argument Causes Conduct Creating Dealing Doctrine Establishing Fall Favorable Feeling General Human Methods Modify Peace Propaganda Reaching Seek Seem Short Springs Which

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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.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Claims Countries Country Declaring Everything Extreme Listen Most Orator Other Other Countries Own Politicians Popular Popularity Right Seek Statements Tendency Who Wrong

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The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Assumed Between Diplomatic Discussion Every Every Nation Justice Nation Nations Theoretical Willingness

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War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Civil Condition Forced His Mankind Original Social War

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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 fact that civilization is a partial, incomplete, and, to a great extent, superficial modification of barbarism.

~Elihu Root

Topics: Barbarism Begin Causes Civilization Deal Extent Fact Familiar Great Great Extent Incomplete Modification Must Partial Prime Problem Recognizing Solution Superficial True War

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: February 15th, 1845

Died: February 7th, 1937

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