Quotes by Henry Cabot Lodge

“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...”

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

“True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.”

“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.”

“Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.”

“It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms.”

“This organization (United Nations) is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.”

“The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they...”

“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 a...”

“The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal...”

“The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal...”

“It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms.”

“Let every man honor and love the land of his birth and the race from which he springs and keep their memory green. It is a pious and honorable duty. But let us have done with British-Americans and ...”

“We make no hypocritical pretense of being interested in the Philippines solely on account of others. While we regard the welfare of these people as a sacred trust, we regard the welfare of the Amer...”

“It is the flag just as much of the man who was naturalized yesterday as of the man whose people have been here many generations.”

“He was a great patriot, a great man; above all, a great American. His country was the ruling, mastering passion of his life from the beginning even unto the end.”

“I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give affection to the mongrel banner invented for a league.”

“President Wilson would not have changed his opinions in any particular. He would attribute the present condition of the world to the failure of the League, and that failure again to the action of h...”