Human life is held in much higher esteem, and the taking of it, whether in private quarrel or by judicial procedure, is looked upon much more seriously than it was formerly.
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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
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.
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Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.
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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.
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No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.
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Men do not fail; they give up trying.
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