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Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909) and also served as Governor of New York and Vice President. He is known for becoming a leading spokesman for his version of progressivism after 1890. However, author Daniel Ruddy argues in his book Theodore the Great: Conservative Crusader that Roosevelt was actually a "populist conservative"[1] and a "Hamiltonian"—a conservative in the eighteenth century sense of the word.[2][nb 1] Similarly, Francis Fukuyama identifies Roosevelt, together with Alexander Hamilton, as part of a tradition of a strong-state conservatism in the United States.[4][5]
Roosevelt has been the main figure identified with progressive conservatism. Roosevelt stated that he had "always believed that wise progressivism and wise conservatism go hand in hand".[6]
Professor Richard Heffner[7] of Rutgers University noted about Roosevelt that his New Nationalism "sought Social Justice by extending the powers of the central government", which Roosevelt believed to be the steward of the public welfare.
- ^ Ruddy 2016, p. 32.
- ^ Ruddy 2016, p. 30.
- ^ Ruddy 2016, p. xiv.
- ^ Fukuyama, Francis (July 21, 2012). "The right must learn to love the state again". FT. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Fukuyama, Francis (July 28, 2012). "Conservatives and the State". The American Interest. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ Lurie, Jonathan (2012). William Howard Taft: The Travails of a Progressive Conservative. New York, New York, USA: Cambridge University Press. p. 196.
- ^ A Documentary History of the United States
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