Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Excerpt: The Conservation of the Public Lands
"With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally. It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people. It contains the first inventory of its natural resources ever made by any nation. In condensed form it presents a statement of our available capital in material resources, which are the means of progress, and calls attention to the essential conditions upon which the perpetuity, safety, and welfare of this nation now rest and must always continue to rest. It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people. . . "
Analysis:
Theodore Roosevelt was very much known for being an enthusiastic outdoorsman. He supported many industries to better the environment and better the nation. On January 22, 1909, Roosevelt conducted a special statement to congress in which he urged to preserve natural resources.
Excerpt: The Conservation of the Public Lands
"With the statements and conclusions of this report I heartily concur, and I commend it to the thoughtful consideration both of the Congress and of our people generally. It is one of the most fundamentally important documents ever laid before the American people. It contains the first inventory of its natural resources ever made by any nation. In condensed form it presents a statement of our available capital in material resources, which are the means of progress, and calls attention to the essential conditions upon which the perpetuity, safety, and welfare of this nation now rest and must always continue to rest. It deserves, and should have, the widest possible distribution among the people. . . "
Analysis:
Theodore Roosevelt was very much known for being an enthusiastic outdoorsman. He supported many industries to better the environment and better the nation. On January 22, 1909, Roosevelt conducted a special statement to congress in which he urged to preserve natural resources.
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft
Excerpt: Limited Presidential Power Response
"The true view of the executive functions is, as I conceive it, that the president can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise. Such specific grant must be either in the federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest. . . . The grants of executive power are necessarily in general terms in order not to embarrass the executive within the field of action plainly marked for him, but his jurisdiction must be justified and vindicated by affirmative constitutional or statutory provision, or it does not exist."
Analysis:
Theodore Roosevelt stated that there are two kinds of presidents. Buchanan Presidents and Lincoln Presidents, and described himself as a Lincoln President and described Taft as a Buchanan president. He used this as a way to show which presidents actually contributed to the nation and those who are forgotten. Taft took offense to what Roosevelt had said and responded with a speech as a part is shown above.
Excerpt: Limited Presidential Power Response
"The true view of the executive functions is, as I conceive it, that the president can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power or justly implied and included within such express grant as proper and necessary to its exercise. Such specific grant must be either in the federal Constitution or in an act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof. There is no undefined residuum of power which he can exercise because it seems to him to be in the public interest. . . . The grants of executive power are necessarily in general terms in order not to embarrass the executive within the field of action plainly marked for him, but his jurisdiction must be justified and vindicated by affirmative constitutional or statutory provision, or it does not exist."
Analysis:
Theodore Roosevelt stated that there are two kinds of presidents. Buchanan Presidents and Lincoln Presidents, and described himself as a Lincoln President and described Taft as a Buchanan president. He used this as a way to show which presidents actually contributed to the nation and those who are forgotten. Taft took offense to what Roosevelt had said and responded with a speech as a part is shown above.