"Gradually, everything that happens in the world is coming to be of interest everywhere in the world, and, gradually, thoughtful men and women everywhere are sitting in judgment upon the conduct of all nations."

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Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”

Elihu Root

#Sadness Quotes #Thoughtful Quotes #Men Quotes

“[The Persian Empire] left a dream of the Middle East as a unit, and a unit where people of different faiths could live together.”
“You look at women like Lena Dunham, you look at how women are kind of crafting their own space on the screen. I want to add to that.”
“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”
“Such a movement would cause the ACLU to go bananas!”
“I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, I'll trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played 34 and 19, so I've kind of clung to that as my justification that I can be Jake Gyllenhaal's wife and a freshman in college in the same year.”
“Change your story, change your power.”
“I lost my hat while gazing at the moon, and then I lost my mind.”
“There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.”

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