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)

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

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