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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Elihu Root Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Nobody knows through how many thousands of years fighting men have made a place for themselves while the weak and peaceable have gone to the wall. Elihu Root Read Quote
No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils. Elihu Root Read Quote
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. Elihu Root Read Quote
The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice. Elihu Root Read Quote
