Henry Cabot Lodge
| Henry Cabot Lodge link (Diplomat, politician, businessman) | |
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| Born | May 12, 1850 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | November 9, 1924 |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
As Senate Majority Leader in 1919 kept the US from joining the League of Nations | |
Not to be confused with his grandson Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.
Henry Cabot Lodge was a US diplomat and politician who as Senate Majority Leader in 1919 kept the US from joining the League of Nations.
Opinions
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“The United States is the world's best hope, but if you fetter her in the interests and quarrels of other nations, if you tangle her [through the League of Nations] in the intrigues of Europe, you will destroy her power for good and endanger her very existence.”
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