He felt that the President should be seen as "stewards of the people" all necessary measures for the public good, if not expressly prohibited by company law or constitution. "I did not have the power to appropriate," he wrote, "but I greatly expand the use of executive power."
Roosevelt youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin Presidents. He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled - against disease - and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.
In 1884 his first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and his mother died that same day. Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory. As he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game - he even captured an outlaw. During a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886th
During the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt was lieutenant colonel of the Rough Rider Regiment, which he led a charge at the Battle of San Juan. He was one of the most prominent heroes of the war.
Boss Tom Platt, need a hero to the attention of scandals in the New York State, accepted Roosevelt as the Republican candidate for governor in 1898. Roosevelt won and served with distinction.
As president, Roosevelt held the ideal that the government should referee the great conflicting economic forces in the nation, especially between capital and labor rights for each and dispensing favors to be no guarantees.
Roosevelt was spectacular as a "trust buster" by the dissolution of a great railroad combination in the Northwest. Other antitrust case under the Sherman Act followed.
Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into the world of politics. He likes to quote a favorite proverb, "Speak softly and carry a big stick ...."
Recognizing the strategic need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific, Roosevelt ensured the construction of the Panama Canal. His addition to the Monroe Doctrine prevented the establishment of foreign bases in the Caribbean and arrogated the sole right of intervention in Latin America to the United States.
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for the regulation of the Russo-Japanese War, reached a Gentleman's Agreement on immigration with Japan, and sent the Great White Fleet on a goodwill tour of the world.
Some of the most effective achievements were in conservation Theodore Roosevelt. He added enormously to the national forests in the West, countries reserved for public use, and fostered great irrigation projects.
He crusade endlessly on matters big and small, exciting audiences with his high voice, angular jaw, and pounding fist. "The life of strenuous efforts," was a must for everyone around him, as he romped with his five younger children and led ambassadors on hikes through Rock Creek Park in Washington, DC
Leaving the presidency in 1909, went to Roosevelt on safari in Africa, then he jumped back into politics. In 1912 he ran for President on a Progressive ticket. To reporters he once remarked that he fit like a moose, the name of his new party.
During the campaign in Milwaukee, he was shot in the chest by a fanatic. Roosevelt soon, but his words at that time would apply at the time of his death in 1919: "No man has a happier life than I had led a happier life in every way."
0 komentar:
Post a Comment