Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.sometimes referred to as Henry Cabot Lodge II, was a Republican United States Senator from Massachusetts and a U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, South Vietnam, West Germany, and the Holy See. He was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 Presidential election...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 July 1902
CountryUnited States of America
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case full gives membership nations taken union united
Membership of the United Nations gives every member the right to make a fool of himself, and that is a right of which the Soviet Union in this case has taken full advantage.
interested man politics sandwiches
It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms.
boring cause fact forget preferable talk turgid war
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.
dishonesty compromise
It is never right to compromise with dishonesty.
war goal doe
The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous.
mean army swallowing
May the United Nations ever be vigilant and potent to defeat the swallowing up of any nation, at any time, by any means-by armies with banners, by force or by fraud, by tricks or by midnight treachery.
imperfection may united-states
As you begin your tour of the United States, you may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections.
nature morning sun
Meet the sun every morning as if it could cast a ballot.
men honor tonight
The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world. They had their faults and their - shortcomings, but they were not slothful in business and they were most fervent in spirit.
sympathy expression recognition
Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well.
free-will should ideals
Our ideal of the future is that she should continue to render that service of her own free will.
organization heaven politics
This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.