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.

Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

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

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

The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great...

The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great...

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

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

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are...

The time given to athletic contests and the injuries incurred on the playing field are...

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried...

For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried...

Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike...

Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

The American idea is a free church in a free state, and a free and...

If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so...

If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so...

It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who...

It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who...

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

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

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

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

Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is,...

Are ideals confined to this deformed experiment upon a noble purpose, tainted, as it is,...

We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting...

We would not have our country's vigour exhausted or her moral force abated, by everlasting...

The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the...

The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the...

Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your...

Strong, generous, and confident, she has nobly served mankind. Beware how you trifle with your...

Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have...

Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have...

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put...

Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put...

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for...

Beware how you trifle with your marvelous inheritance, this great land of ordered liberty, for...

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to...

The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to...

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give...

I have loved but one flag and I can not share that devotion and give...