More From 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."
- "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."
- "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."
More In Men
- "One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always."― Aiden Wilson Tozer
- "Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests."― George William Norris
- "Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy."― Camille Paglia