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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When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be gained, he may say to them, not by subtlety and intrigue not by wire pulling and demagoguery not by the arts of popularity not by skill and shiftiness in following expediency but by being firm in devotion to the principles of manhood and the application of morals and the courage of righteousness in the public life of our country by being a man without guile and without fear, without selfishness, and with devotion to duty, devotion to his country.Elihu Root
Love of fighting was bred in the blood of the race because those who did not love fighting were not suited to their environment and perished.
Elihu Root
No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils.
Elihu Root
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
Men do not fail; they give up trying.
Elihu Root
Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice.
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