Elihu Root Quote

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.


Addresses on International Subjects (ed. 1916)


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...

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...

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...

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...