Men do not fail they give up trying.
Elihu Root
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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.
- 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.
- Men do not fail they give up trying.
- 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.
- 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.