Henry Cabot Lodge: “If we have bound ourselves by any treaty to do certain things, we must fulfil such obligation.”

To put aside a crown for love of country is noble, but to look down upon such an opportunity indicates a much greater loftiness and strength of mind.

The generosity of our allies has a claim to all our confidence and all our gratitude, but it is neither for the honor of America, nor for the interest of the common cause, to leave the work entirely to them.

George Washington will always hold the love and reverence of men because they see embodied in him the noblest possibilities of humanity.

After stating plainly that the army was on the verge of dissolution, he said: "To me it will appear miraculous if our affairs can maintain themselves much longer in their present train.