The businessman dealing with a large political question is really a painful sight. It does seem to me that businessmen, with a few exceptions, are worse when they come to deal with politics than men of any other class.
Henry Cabot Lodge Quotes
The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence.
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| Birth: | 12th May, 1850 |
| Death: | 9th November, 1924 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Politician |
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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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