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亨利‧卡波特‧洛奇曾經代表麻州擔任美國眾議員與參議員

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亨利‧卡波特‧洛奇 (Henry Cabot Lodge) 出生
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美國涉入國際事務的程度究竟要維持在什麼深度呢?從建國以來,政治領袖向來對這個議題就一直爭論不休。回到1919年,共和黨的政治家亨利‧卡波特‧洛奇在反對美國參加國際聯盟的行動上獲得成功;此組織是威爾遜總統在第一次世界大戰後,所提議成立的維繫世界和平之國際組織。洛奇於1850512日出生在麻州的波士頓,他深信成為這個國際組織的成員將會使美國承擔維繫國際秩序的不可能任務,而這將會損及美國國力的發展。他大聲疾呼:

How involved should the U.S. be in international affairs? Political leaders have hotly debated this issue since the very beginning of this country. Back in 1919, Republican statesman Henry Cabot Lodge led a successful fight against American participation in the League of Nations, the world peacekeeping organization proposed by President Woodrow Wilson after World War I. Born on May 12, 1850, in Boston, Massachusetts, Lodge believed that membership in the organization would destroy the power of the U.S. by binding the nation to international obligations it would not--or could not--keep. He spoke dramatically:
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