"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."
-Elihu Root
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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."
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"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, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct."
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"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 in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world."
-Elihu Root
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"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 in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics."
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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."
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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation."
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"Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way."
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"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty."
-Thomas Jefferson
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