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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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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly...

I fear that the hearts of the vast majority of mankind would beat on strongly...

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...

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...

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...

New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and...

New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and...

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...

Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and...

Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and...

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...

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.

Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of...

Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of...

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...

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...

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...