"We would not have our country's vigour exhausted……" — Henry Cabot Lodge
"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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35 Quotes by Henry Cabot Lodge
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Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall,…
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The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single…
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Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make…
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But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual…
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Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation…
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You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit…
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Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike provided they can make money…
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Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your marvellous inheritance, this great land…
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Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is, with bargains and tied to…
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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…
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We would not have our politics distracted and embittered by the dissensions of other lands.
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