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.More Elihu Root quotes [11/30/2012 05:11:21]

Claims of right and insistence upon obligations may depend upon treaty stipulations, or upon the rules of international law, or upon the sense of natural justice applied to the circumstances of a particular case, or upon disputed facts.More Elihu Root quotes [11/30/2012 04:11:57]

In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade of another country, right or wrong, a pretext is always sought.More Elihu Root quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Elihu Root quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

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.More Elihu Root quotes [11/30/2012 05:11:54]