Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He believed it was his destiny to lead the people of the United States into the Twentieth Century. He believed it was his duty to make government the guarantor of a “square deal” for all Americans—particularly recent immigrants, the poor, and the inhabitants of great cities. He also believed that the United States must take its place among the great powers of the world, that with the help of a greatly expanded navy it must fill the vacuum being left by the decline of the British Empire. Roosevelt was a successful author, big game hunter, and global adventurer. He was simply great. Perhaps no one in American History more personifies who Americans are and hope to become.
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