If a man is going to be an American at all let him be so without any qualifying adjectives, and if he is going to be something else, let him drop the word American from his personal description.

Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

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We should never suffer Cuba to pass from the hands of Spain to any other...

We should never suffer Cuba to pass from the hands of Spain to any other...

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V...

If that for which the Spanish Empire has stood since the days of Charles V...

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...

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...

She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and...

She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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.