"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."

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

Elihu Root

#War Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Causes Quotes

“Still, the change is nearly indescribable - going from total obscurity to walking down a street in New York and having everybody turn and look; to feel the temperature of a room change when I walked in.”
“I love the fact that there are more and more young people out there who still want to make a flat two-dimensional surface come alive with three dimensional magic.”
“It is easier to get one or a few of good sense, and of ability to legislate and adjudge, than to get many.”
“Sleep is sweet to the labouring man.”
“I suspect in Lenin's works there's everything, if you search well.”
“I gave you three proofs of witchcraft. A cat that drinks blood! A horse that talks! And a man who propagates POODLES!”
“Itâ€™s much easier to give up, than to put a Fight, but fighters are only people that win.”
“As you get older, the days have gone, and the years have gone, and it's 'whoosh!”

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