Editing Henry Cabot Lodge (section)

===Spanish–American War===
Lodge was a strong backer of U.S. intervention in [[Cuba]] in 1898, arguing that it was the moral responsibility of the United States to do so:

<blockquote>Of the sympathies of the American people, generous, liberty-loving, I have no question. They are with the Cubans in their struggle for freedom. I believe our people would welcome any action on the part of the United States to put an end to the terrible state of things existing there. We can stop it. We can stop it peacefully. We can stop it, in my judgment, by pursuing proper diplomacy and offering our good offices. Let it once be understood that we mean to stop the horrible state of things in Cuba and it will be stopped. The great power of the United States, if it is once invoked and uplifted, is capable of greater things than that.</blockquote>

Following American victory in the [[Spanish–American War]], Lodge came to represent the imperialist faction of the Senate, those who called for the annexation of the [[Philippines]]. Lodge maintained that the United States needed to have a strong navy and be more involved in foreign affairs. However, Lodge was never on good terms with [[John Hay]], who served as Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt, 1898–1905. They had a bitter fight over the principle of commercial reciprocity with Newfoundland.<ref>Dennett, ''John Hay'' (1933), pp 421–429.</ref>

In a letter to Theodore Roosevelt, Lodge wrote, "Porto Rico is not forgotten and we mean to have it".<ref name="Puerto Rico">{{cite web |title=Spanish-American War in Puerto Rico |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64500545.pdf |website=National Park Service |publisher=United States Department of the Interior |access-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211073515/https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/64500545.pdf |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>