Elihu Root
American lawyer, statesman and public figure, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize (1912) for his contribution to the development of the institute of international mediation.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.More Elihu Root quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
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.More Elihu Root quotes [11/30/2012 05:11:09]
War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.More Elihu Root quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
The worst, the hardest, the most disagreeable thing that you may have to do may be the thing that counts most, because it is the hard discipline, and it alone, that makes possible the highest efficiencyMore Elihu Root quotes [11/30/2012 05:11:54]
The wolf always charges the lamb with muddying the stream.More Elihu Root quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]
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Both the object and the subject are composed of repetitions. [06/07/2019 01:06:16]
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Love is a primus for defrosting ice hearts. [06/09/2019 09:06:00]
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The most insidious plan is always covered with a veil of virtue. [06/04/2019 01:06:39]
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Money is a measure of human inequality. [06/14/2019 04:06:23]
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Ukraine has the right to the Ukrainian character of the state, just as Russia adopted the law on the voluntary study of Tatar, and Israel adopted a law on the voluntary study of the Arabic language and the Jewish character of the Israeli state. [05/21/2019 08:05:26]
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