Theodore Roosevelt: Speech to the New York Republican State Convention

In 1918, several years after leaving office and close to the end of his life, Theodore Roosevelt gave an address to the New York Republican State Convention, in which he discusses the past, present, and future conduct of World War I and reiterates his progressive principles. Roosevelt’s July 18, 1918, Speech to the New York Republican State Convention was among the most significant addresses delivered by the former president during the final year of his life. Roosevelt’s remarks reveal much about his outlook on the war leadership provided by President Woodrow Wilson; about Roosevelt’s perspectives on World War I, America’s role in the war, and the proper shape of the eventual peace; and about the persistence of Roosevelt’s progressive prescriptions for confronting the nation’s domestic policy challenges.