Our first ideal is our country, and we see her in the future, as in the past, giving service to all her people and to the world.
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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.Henry Cabot Lodge
Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America.
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 there is grave danger in an unshared idealism.
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Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.
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True Americanism is opposed utterly to any political divisions resting on race and religion.
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 her in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence.
Henry Cabot Lodge
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