Nothing Is More Important In The Preservation Of Peace Than To Secure Among The Great Mass Of The People Living Under Constitutional Government A Just Conception Of The Rights Which Their Nation Has Against Others And Of The Duties Their Nation Owes To Others. - SearchQuotes

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Nothing is more important in the preservation of peace than to secure among the great mass of the people living under constitutional government a just conception of the rights which their nation has against others and of the duties their nation owes to others.

Elihu Root

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