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Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Des Moines, Iowa, February 11th, 1918

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Des Moines, Iowa, February 11th, 1918

Copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech to be delivered at Des Moines, Iowa. Roosevelt says the United States was unprepared for war and at present is still lacking its own guns and other supplies. The country, he says, must work to be better prepared in order that it does not repeat the mistakes it has made during this war. He says the government must “interfere” with the wage-worker and farmer to secure social and industrial justice for its citizens. The United States, he says, must unite as one country with citizens loyal to her and must be better prepared for future wars by instituting universal military service. Note: This speech was not delivered due to illness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-11

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Des Moines, Iowa, February 11th, 1918

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Des Moines, Iowa, February 11th, 1918

Copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s speech to be delivered at Des Moines, Iowa. Roosevelt says the United States was unprepared for war and at present is still lacking its own guns and other supplies. The country, he says, must work to be better prepared in order that it does not repeat the mistakes it has made during this war. He says the government must “interfere” with the wage-worker and farmer to secure social and industrial justice for its citizens. The United States, he says, must unite as one country with citizens loyal to her and must be better prepared for future wars by instituting universal military service. Note: This speech was not delivered due to illness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-11

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech to be delivered at Detroit, Michigan, Feb. 14, 1918

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech to be delivered at Detroit, Michigan, Feb. 14, 1918

Theodore Roosevelt calls for all Americans, no matter their ethnicity or home country, to have a spirit of Americanism and be loyal only to the United States. Otherwise, he says, they are traitors to their country. He says America must make every effort to “speed up” the world war and must be better prepared in the future by instituting universal military service. Note: This speech was not delivered due to illness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-14

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Police Lieutenants Benevolent Association dinner – Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York – February 23rd, 1918

Colonel Roosevelt’s speech at Police Lieutenants Benevolent Association dinner – Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York – February 23rd, 1918

Theodore Roosevelt says to be successful in the present, America must model herself after the leaders of the past such as Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. There are two ways to do this, he says, by embracing Americanism and military preparedness, which are also exemplified by the New York Police Force (for whom the speech was prepared). All American citizens, regardless of ethnicity or national origin, must give their undivided loyalty to America. The country will be better prepared in the future if it institutes a universal military draft. Note: This speech was not delivered due to illness.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1918-02-24

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to William Allen White

Theodore Roosevelt hopes to work until Quentin Roosevelt reaches adulthood in three years. He does not want to make plans for after this time frame. Roosevelt must write about international, social, and economic issues, as that is what people want to hear about and for which he can get paid. He hopes to discuss President Woodrow Wilson and Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan less, but will have to discuss their positions and policies to do his job. Roosevelt wishes he could visit Colorado but thinks it is best if he stay at Sagamore Hill.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1915-01-04

Address of Theodore Roosevelt on the necessary actions of the United States as an international power

Address of Theodore Roosevelt on the necessary actions of the United States as an international power

Theodore Roosevelt lays out the duties of the United States as a member of an international community, which include securing the safety and rights of our citizens at home and abroad, guarding the honor and upholding the just influence of our nation, and maintaining the integrity of international law. He insists that the United States should try to maintain peace, but believes there are “higher things which we must keep, if need be at the price of war.” Roosevelt believes military preparedness and a strong sense of nationalism are critical, but notes that patriotism cannot develop in members of a class that is being oppressed. Therefore, the protection of the working class is necessary, as a country “must be worth living in, to be worth dying for.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

Unknown

Speech of Theodore Roosevelt in Syracuse, New York

Speech of Theodore Roosevelt in Syracuse, New York

Theodore Roosevelt addresses the issue of machine party politics in New York. He touches on the gubernatorial race and various Senators in the state legislature, including Charles Francis Murphy and William Barnes. Roosevelt is campaigning for a non-machine politics candidate, “stalwart of good government, the unflinching fighter for real reform, Frederick M. Davenport.” Roosevelt continues to cover tariffs while mentioning the Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act and the Revenue Act of 1913.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1914

Address of President Roosevelt from balcony of Columbia Club

Address of President Roosevelt from balcony of Columbia Club

President Roosevelt gives a brief speech from the balcony of the Columbia Club near the Sailors and Soldiers Monument, which had been completed in May of that year. Roosevelt celebrates the material well-being he has seen in Indiana but praises more the spirit to do and honor great deeds. He honors the memory of Union veterans of the American Civil War, affirms the place of the United States as a world power, and encourages the crowd to embrace a gospel of hope. If Americans stand up to difficulty, do their duty at home and abroad, and dare to be great, the nation will be “the greatest upon which the sun has ever shone.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-09-23

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Manassas, Virginia

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Manassas, Virginia

President Roosevelt addresses the crowd gathered to meet him at Manassas, Virginia. He jokes about turkeys not showing up for his hunt earlier that day, to the amusement of the crowd. Roosevelt enjoyed the walk, his first in six weeks, as he had been recovering from a leg injury during the previous month. He says he enjoyed visiting the American Civil War battlefields nearby, saying all Americans, North and South, can glory in that their soldiers did their duty.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-01

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Remington, Virginia

Remarks of President Roosevelt at Remington, Virginia

President Roosevelt addresses the crowd gathered to see him at Remington, Virginia. He expresses his pleasure at being shown the American Civil War battlefields at Manassas and Cedar Mountain, Virginia, by veterans of both the Union and Confederate armies. He concludes by saying America’s citizens are now unified, and that people North and South can be proud of their veterans who did their duties as they saw fit.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-03

Address of President Roosevelt to Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

Address of President Roosevelt to Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania

President Roosevelt speaks to the Grand Lodge of the State of Pennsylvania on the 150-year anniversary of the initiation of George Washington as a Freemason. He hails the Masons’ commitment to the equality and brotherhood of its members, as well as the ideals of self-respect and self-help. He also speaks of the qualities of a number of “great men” who he calls heroes because of their commitment to other people and their nation as a whole over their own selves. Roosevelt comments on the book The Simple Life by Charles Wagner, and wishes it could be circulated around the whole country because of the values it discusses. He urges each member of the audience to carry forward the spirit of brotherhood he has with his fellow Masons into the wider nation.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-05

Speech of President Roosevelt at New York Chamber of Commerce banquet (press copy)

Speech of President Roosevelt at New York Chamber of Commerce banquet (press copy)

President Roosevelt congratulates the assembly on their efficiency and forthrightness in their economic dealings, which he praises as characteristic of the United States. He asserts that the United States is successful enough to not be jealous of other successful nations, and to help weaker nations like Cuba and China. The United States embraces peace due to a “genuine desire for self-respecting friendship with our neighbors” rather than weakness. In addition to international peace, he also speaks to domestic peace in an industrial society, particularly between employers and employees. This is the press copy of Roosevelt’s speech.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-11-11