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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/you-may-call-me-selfish-if-you-will-conservative-or-reactionary-or/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

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## More by Henry Cabot Lodge

> [If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives, and if he is going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/if-a-man-is-going-to-be-an-american-at-all-let-him-be-so-without-any/)

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> [It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/it-sets-its-face-rightfully-against-the-doctrines-of-the-anarchist/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/look-at-the-united-states-today-we-have-made-mistakes-in-the-past-we/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/we-would-not-have-our-politics-distracted-and-embittered-by-the/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/she-has-great-problems-of-her-own-to-solve-very-grim-and-perilous/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are part of the price which the English-speaking race has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/the-time-given-to-athletic-contests-and-the-injuries-incurred-on-the/)

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> [We should never suffer Cuba to pass from the hands of Spain to any other European power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/we-should-never-suffer-cuba-to-pass-from-the-hands-of-spain-to-any/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and unsectarian public school in every ward and every village…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/the-american-idea-is-a-free-church-in-a-free-state-and-a-free-and/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/but-it-is-well-to-remember-that-we-are-dealing-with-nations-every-one/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/true-americanism-is-opposed-utterly-to-any-political-divisions/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [The Federal Reserve Act as it stands seems to me to open the way to a vast inflation of the currency. I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/the-federal-reserve-act-as-it-stands-seems-to-me-to-open-the-way-to-a/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/the-united-states-is-the-world-s-best-hope-but-if-you-fetter-her-in/)

[Henry Cabot Lodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cabot-lodge/)

> [You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/you-may-call-me-selfish-if-you-will-conservative-or-reactionary-or/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/our-ideal-is-to-make-her-ever-stronger-and-better-and-finer-because/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cabot-lodge/internationalism-illustrated-by-the-bolshevik-and-by-the-men-to-whom/)

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