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Elihu Root

"Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice."

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"Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice."

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"Life is a flowing river. We came from earth and water. We will go back there after the magic of life."

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"Clear skies do not promise rain."

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"Spring dances with joy in every flower and in every bud letting us know that changes are beautiful and an inevitable law of life."

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"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered."

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"Every flower returns to sleep with the earth."

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"Spring is the only season that flutters in on gentle wings and builds nests in our hearts."

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"A puddle repeats infinity, and is full of light; nevertheless, if analyzed objectively, a puddle is a piece of dirty water spread very thin on mud."

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"To country people Cows are mild,And flee from any stick they throw;But I'm a timid town bred child,And all the cattle seem to know."

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"The sun rose slowly, as if it wasn't sure it was worth all the effort."

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"Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval."

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Elihu Root
"The law of the survival of the fittest led inevitably to the survival and predominance of the men who were effective in war and who loved it because they were effective."

Men

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"The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice."

Justice

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"The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark."

Peace

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"Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot."

Men

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"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."

Policy

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"No nation now sets forth to despoil another upon the avowed ground that it desires the spoils."

Nation

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"Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice."

Nature

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"It is not uncommon in modern times to see governments straining every nerve to keep the peace, and the people whom they represent, with patriotic enthusiasm and resentment over real or fancied wrongs, urging them forward to war."

War

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"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."

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"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."

Life

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