For we, too, have our ideals, even if we differ from those who have tried to establish a monopoly of idealism.

Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

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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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise...

Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise...

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...

Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the...

Whatever may be said as to our relations to some other countries, I think the...

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts...

Washington's entire honesty of mind and his fearless look into the face of all facts...

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,...

You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other...

You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other...

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...

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

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

I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations.

I would rather see the United States respected than loved by other nations.

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.

Animosity is not a policy.

Animosity is not a policy.

Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that...

Our ideal is to make her ever stronger and better and finer, because in that...

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...