37 Quotes by Henry Cabot Lodge

Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the relations of this country to Spain offer no ties of gratitude or of blood.

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.

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

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.

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence.

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.

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

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for if we stumble and fall, freedom and civilization everywhere will go down in ruin.

True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us.