How a moral issue can seem blurred
In a speech, Theodore Roosevelt attacks President Willliam H. Taft’s “feeble intentions” and his unscrupulous tactics in his New Jersey campaign.
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1912
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The Progressive platform
Theodore Roosevelt compares the Progressive Party’s platform to the Democrats’ platform, highlighting areas where it stands “silent” on protecting the public and conditions for workers.
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Creation Date
1912-10-12
Republican party platform
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the Republican Party’s 1912 Platform and its position on several topics, including economics, constitutionalism, and public welfare. Item includes several drafts.
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Creation Date
1912-06
The right of the people to rule
Theodore Roosevelt elaborates on the merits of popular rule by the people, judiciary recall, and party politics.
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Creation Date
1912
St. Louis speech
President Roosevelt addresses the city of St. Louis, Missouri, advocating the financial benefits of thoughtful transportation development, drawing comparisons to the Suez and Panama Canals. Roosevelt also discusses the importance of maintaining and developing the Navy.
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1907-10-02
Social settlement speech
President Roosevelt talks about the importance of sincere goodwill in society, specifically referencing the book A Simple Life by Charles Wagner as an inspiration.
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1902
Address at the new state capital building at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
President Roosevelt’s speech commemorates the dedication of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, noting the state’s historic legacy in America.
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1906-10-04
Chicago speech, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt discusses public service and the duties of public servants such as politicians and Supreme Court judges. This record also contains Roosevelt’s handwritten opinion of President William H. Taft as a 1912 presidential candidate.
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Creation Date
1912
Address at Groton School
President Roosevelt, in his address at the Prize Day Exercises at Groton School, discusses the qualities that make a decent boy and man. In particular, the President elaborates on duty, philanthropy, scholarship, and athletics.
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1904-05-24
Speech to the Saint Louis City Club
In his speech to the Saint Louis, Missouri City Club, Theodore Roosevelt shares his opinion on public service, describes his own service and he makes the case for social progressivism. Among his examples of public servants, Roosevelt mentions past Presidents Abraham Lincoln, James Buchanan, and Franklin Pierce.
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Creation Date
1912-03-28
Speech on the conservation of womanhood and childhood
Theodore Roosevelt discusses progressive legislation, global economics, and capitalism in his speech titled, “The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood”.
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1911-10-10
Elementary honor
In a speech titled “Elementary Honor, Theodore Roosevelt responds to President William H. Taft.
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Creation Date
1912
Nationalism and popular rule
Theodore Roosevelt discusses the concept of popular rule and government and Herbert David Croly’s book, The Promise of American Life.
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Creation Date
1911
Political address
Typescript of a speech carried by Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee on October 14, 1912. The speech was folded in his jacket pocket at the time of the attempted assassination. Bullet holes indicate how the speech helped to break the force of the bullet. The speech is now bound and presented as a book. The speech attacks Woodrow Wilson for nativism and xenophobia while defending immigration and the racial, religious, and cultural diversity of the United States population.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
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1912-10-12
Speech to the Progressive National Committee
In lieu of answering the thousands of letters he has received on the topic, Theodore Roosevelt addresses why he declines the nomination for President by the Progressive Party in this statement. He begins by complimenting the work of the Progressive Party from 1912 on but says the Progressive National Organization no longer offers “the means whereby we can make these convictions effective in our national life.” He feels common action should be sought out under the umbrella of the Republican Party to defeat President Woodrow Wilson.
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Creation Date
1916
Theodore Roosevelt’s speech to the Great White Fleet
Speech which President Roosevelt delivered to the Great White Fleet upon its return from circumnavigating the globe. Page has Roosevelt’s handwritten edits. This item is incomplete (missing pages).
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
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1909-02
Speech to the Nobel Prize Committee
Draft manuscript of speech delivered in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1906 but postponed his address to the Nobel Prize Committee until after the end of his Presidency.
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Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Creation Date
1910
Roosevelt’s addenda to his confession of faith
Part of the speech Progressive Party presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt delivered at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after being shot in the chest.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1912-10-14
Message of the Hon. William H. Hunt, Governor of Porto Rico
Text of Governor Hunt’s speech to the Second Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. Hunt reviews the status and goals of the island.
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1904-01-12
Financial legislation
Text of a speech delivered by Senator Hansbrough before the Bankers’ Association of North Dakota. He begins his speech by pointing out that that the financial speculations on Wall Street have “no relation to healthy business conditions.” According to Hansbrough, when stock brokers find themselves in trouble they appeal to Congress to “save the country.” Hansbrough also discusses the impact of an increase in banks across the country. The speech closes with an emphasis on Hansbrough’s faith in the “American country banker.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
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1903-08-28