Golden rule

Theodore Roosevelt praises the Boy Scouts of America in developing citizenship and leadership among boys. Roosevelt emphasizes such teachings incorporate the Ten Commandments and the Golden Rule to instill honor, respect, courage, and fair dealing. Roosevelt relates how scouts from two troops in Manila assisted firefighters in a devastating fire in the Philippines.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-07-20

New York Senator Thomas Collier Platt sits in a chair and holds “Platt’s Harmony Hymns.” He is surrounded by benches of hymn books. Timothy L. Woodruff looks at a song: “Shall we gather at Salt River?” Platt is surrounded by signs: “Do unto me as you would have me do unto you,” “Don’t forget who made you,” “Thou shalt have no other boss but me. . . .” President Roosevelt and New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell look inside the window.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-12-28

The “Senate” holds President Roosevelt, who has the label of “Teddy the boy detective,” in one hand and a “resolutions” paddle in the other. The “House” follows behind them with a “Golden Rule” paddle.

comments and context

Comments and Context

J. H. Donahey’s cartoon of Congress taking a naughty President Roosevelt “to the woodshed” (for an old-fashioned thrashing) represents a controversy that seriously marred the last months of the Roosevelt Administration, despite being largely forgotten today.

Oscar S. Straus gives an address at the University of Georgia tracing the development of religious liberty in the United States. Beginning with the founding of several American Colonies, including Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Straus examines how many of the colonies dealt with religious freedom, or lack thereof, and how as the United States has developed as a nation it has set forth the law that no religion or sect of religion is above any other, and that the laws apply to all equally.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-05-13

Theodore Roosevelt discusses the application of the Golden Rule – treating others as we ourselves would like to be treated – to the relations between business men and employees, heads of household and their servants, and man and his “neighbor” generally. This article was published in Ladies Home Journal in December 1916.

Collection

Harvard College Library

Creation Date

1916

Mayor Jones praises President Roosevelt’s attitude on the coal question, most likely in reference to the Anthracite Coal Strike.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-10-02

Theodore F. Seward invites Vice President Roosevelt to read the “Appeal to all Nations” at a meeting of the Golden Rule Brotherhood.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-08-26