Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Quotes
Ultimately we will win the world struggle on a spiritual basis or victory will elude us.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1902-1986, U.S. Senator (Republican, MA), Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Ambassador to Vietnam & Germany, Head of the American delegation to the Paris Peace Conference for Vietnam peace negotiations, Address, Republican National Convention, July 28, 1960
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Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. was a Republican United States senator from Massachusetts in both Senate seats in non-consecutive terms of service and a United States ambassador. He was considered as a Presidential running mate, most significantly in 1952 by Dwight Eisenhower. Later, largely due to Eisenhower's advice and encouragement, he ended up being chosen as the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1960 presidential election alongside incumbent Vice President Richard Nixon. The Republican ticket narrowly lost to Democrats John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1964, Lodge won by a plurality a number of that years‘ party presidential primaries and caucuses on the strength of his name, reputation, and respect among many voters. This effort was encouraged and directed by low-budget but high-impact grassroots campaign by academic and political amateurs.