Look at the United States today. We have made mistakes in the past. We have had shortcomings. We shall make mistakes in the future and fall short of our own best hopes.

Quote by Henry Cabot Lodge

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.