Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes

• Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America.

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• Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that way alone, as we believe, can she be of the greatest service to the world’s peace and to the welfare of mankind.

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• We would not have our country’s vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting meddling and muddling in every quarrel, great and small, which afflicts the world.

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• We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.

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• Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.

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• She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it, would largely benefit mankind.

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• Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to a peace treaty which might have been disposed of long ago to the great benefit of the world if it had not been compelled to carry this rider on its back?

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• Washington’s entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts are qualities which can never go out of fashion and which we should all do well to imitate.

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• Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your marvellous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.

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• Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike provided they can make money out of them, is to me repulsive.

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• You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an American I was born, an American I have remained all my life.

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• Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found.

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• But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and there is grave danger in an unshared idealism.

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• Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future and fall short of our own best hopes.

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• The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.

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Henry Cabot Lodge (35)

Birth:	12th May, 1850
Death:	9th November, 1924
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Historian, Politician

About

Henry Cabot Lodge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American Republican politician and historian. In 1872, he graduated from Harvard College. In 1874, he graduated from Harvard Law School. He received his PhD in history from Harvard. He served as Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1880–1882. He served as U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 6th district from 1887-1893. He had the role of the first Senate Majority Leader. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles. He served as United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1893-1924.

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