Elihu Root Quotes

The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.

Elihu Root

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 15, 1845 - February 7, 1937

Topics

ProgressOpinionWorldCivilization

I'm a child of that, the 'Bonnie and Clyde' to 'Raging Bull' period, you know. Those are the films that heightened my interest in acting and movies and everything.

Jim Broadbent

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People would tell me, especially after my marriage to Prince, 'You need to write a book because you've had a crazy life.'

Mayte Garcia

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I've been lucky enough in my career to have opportunities to revisit things that meant a lot to me in childhood.

John Knoll

ChildhoodMeOpportunitiesEnough

One of the things that distinguishes the CIA from the State Department is that the CIA is both asked to, and authorized to, steal secrets. So if the question is whether the CIA steals secrets, the answer is yes.

Michael Hayden

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Design has always been at the heart of our business.

John Rocha

BusinessHeartDesignAlwaysBeen

I had a Hebraic wedding in New York, so I'm definitely Jewish.

Amar'e Stoudemire

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I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

Simin Daneshvar

WomenValueWorldWishKnowRun

As I get older, I use less jewelry - necklace or earrings each morning, not both; my clothes are getting more basic - fewer colours and simpler cuts; and my make-up is stripped back to basics.

Tracy Chevalier

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Had the followers of Jesus remained an obscure Jewish sect, most of you would not have learned to read, and the rest of you would be reading from hand-copied scrolls.

Rodney Stark

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If I actually invited someone to make a documentary about me, and I said, 'Anything goes', and then I refused to answer any questions, that would be inconsistent.

Louis Theroux

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I don't care about being the champ champ. I want to be the only consecutive 12-time defending champion in any mixed martial arts promotion.

Demetrious Johnson

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Immanence, or complicity, allows the writer to be a kind of shock absorber of the culture: to reflect back its 'whatness,' refracted through the sensibility of his consciousness.

David Shields

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