The Strength And Limitations Of Theodore Roosevelt's Speech

Strength and Decency Theodore Roosevelt gave this speech August 16, 1903. He gave it during the quarterly meeting of the Society of the Holy Name of Brooklyn and Long Island. Mainly what he is trying to say in this article is that young boys are the future of the society and they need to shape up, they are what America is going to be and they need to show who they actually are— by having decency and strength. This speech was given August 6, 1903 in Oyster Bay, New York. This document was written just after the Spanish-American War. It was written to ensure that America needs to stay strong in order to stay on top, if were not strong were going to fall down to the bottom. As Roosevelt stated, “I want to see every man able to hold his own with the strong, and also ashamed to oppress the weak.” Mainly this is just saying that he wants every man to hold his own. The fact that Theodore Roosevelt wants the people to be strong is very clear in what he is saying. Anyone who can read could easily tell what he wants from the people. “I am particularly glad to see such a society as this flourishing as your society has flourished, because the future welfare of our nation depends upon the way in which we can combine in our men – …show more content…
What makes this speech so engaging is the way he wrote it, the language is so simple to understand but it was used in such an articulate way it just engages people to pay attention to it. “And one of the things dwelt upon in that sermon was the fact that a man must be clean of mouth as well as clean of life – must show by his words as well as by his actions his fealty to the Almighty if he was to be what we have a right to expect from men wearing the national uniform.” If that didn't make people turn heads I don't know what would, it was like he was taking to everybody individually but he did have an audience of many