#be

Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#demanded #favor #law #obedience

It can be a long gap between the emergence of fully researched historical biographies. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#biographies #emergence #fully #gap #historical

Honest people, mistakenly believing in the justice of their cause, are led to support injustice. ↗

— Elihu Root

#cause #honest #honest people #injustice #justice

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. ↗

— Elihu Root

#become #case #community #conduct #continued

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. ↗

— Elihu Root

#begin #causes #civilization #deal #extent

I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you. ↗

— Axl Rose

#around #be real #even #everyone #i

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. ↗

— Elihu Root

#get #lincoln #men #ought #out

We must remember to enjoy ourselves. ↗

— Matt Roper

#must #ourselves #remember

The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial. ↗