Teddy Roosevelt Speech on Social and Industrial Justice

[@Flayertim]

The kind of Republican who was worth voting for. And FDR was the kind of Democrat worth voting for. How far both of their parties have regressed since then.

[@IdiotBoxProductionsTV]

Indeed my friend indeed

[@americanpatriot6938]

Trump aligns more with TDR than any republican president since Reagan. People just can't see that because the media hates people they can't control, and hates people who give power back to the PEOPLE.

[@americanpatriot6938]

Ronald / Donald hmmmmmmmmmmm..... *x files music intensifies*

[@ScienceDrummer]

FDR put Japanese people in camps for being Japanese.

[@ScienceDrummer]

FDR was a socialist that ruined the American economy. Thank God we had a war to help save it.

[@AkodoKusamoto]

For those of you saying that the President's actual voice colors your opinion about him, remember this: Teddy considered himself a gentleman, and this is the speech pattern and timbre affected by gentlemen in turn-of-the-century America. The idea of bombastic, over-the-top speeches delivered by deep-voiced "man's man" kind of guys didn't start catching on until the '50s. Roosevelt, Wilson, Coolidge...all of them used that thin, wavering voice that was considered avant garde at the time.

[@SiiriCressey]

And he also loved shootin, ropin' and ridin'. Heh. People are wonderfully complicated.

[@christophersjoerdsma]

I generally like Coolidge but listen to his voice. It’s awful.

[@thesladesterb3vt3co7h]

@@christophersjoerdsma Strangely enough, Coolidge's voice sounds a lot better on the 1924 film of him reading a speech. I wonder what happened to the audio recording device that made Coolidge's voice sound so awful.... :/

[@lambchop777]

i always imagined teddy having a larger booming voice

[@DarthMessias]

Yeah...funny...

[@sanctoulto]

He was mocked for having a falsetto when he got excited. His power as a speaker came from his presence, energy, and auto-didactic memory.

[@Hero3128]

Lamb chop Yeah, that voice isn't what I imagined at all... I expected something deeper and manlier.

[@dannyc8876]

+Hero3128 with the technology of the time probably that wasn´t totally how his voice really acurately sounded, just like older silent movies moved faster so the voice of people sounded high pitched in the earliest historic recordings

[@sanctoulto]

+Danny Carvajal True, but there are letters between his friends (and foes) - especially from his time in Albany - that mention how strangely high-pitched his voice was.

[@writeract2]

An incredible man and leader who did so much for the country, more than most people realize. As one commentator accurately described, indeed a man of "character, courage, integrity" and I would add ideals and extremely strong leadership skills. We do not have leaders like this any longer in today's society.

[@Shyla07NY1]

Theodore Roosevelt wouldn't fit in either political party today, he hated radicalism (today's progressives, neo-conservatives), and corruption in government (special interests that dictate to both parties). Roosevelt was for Americans first and foremost something I feel is forgotten in today's political atmosphere.

[@bullmoose6739]

Listen to the things he is talking about. He's not a heartless Bas*a rd like today's Republicans.

[@bullmoose6739]

Safety of workers, a living wage, savings for old age, recovery time for workers. He was also big in the military. John McCain's favorite president. He was a true moderate. Definitely not like the heartless republicans of today.

[@LinkRocks]

Progressives aren't "radical". What a silly label.

[@homeworld1765]

@A Highly Visible Ninja He was certainly an imperialist, but wasn't entirely a war monger. He wouldn't start a war for the fun of it. There is a reason why he never invaded Canada, though he wanted to

[@homeworld1765]

@A Highly Visible Ninja Roosevelt was a white supremacist, I will give you that. He believed in the white man's burden and he hoped that it could help improve the life of non-whites. Would it have worked, probably not, just look at Rhodesia. Roosevelt did hope that social and economic reforms would be instituted over time to improve the life of American minorities. He was against radical reform though.

[@HDmexsComboCon]

No wonder he said "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

[@jaspermitchell3377]

I didn’t know that there were, in existence, sound recordings of Teddy Roosevelt. Awesome job!

[@caroltubeyou]

This is fascinating. What a gift it is to hear his voice and his passion for the things he believed in and championed. By the way, I want to tell you that when she was 5, my Nana saw your TR when he did a whistle stop tour of the US. He was standing on the back of a caboose car of a train, going from city to city. She was sitting high on her father's shoulders, in the Philadelphia area, and could see and hear him clearly as he spoke. Even when she got Alzheimers she never forgot that day.

[@ERA3733]

Thanks for posting this recording. I've always viewed TR as being an upper crust man who actually cared about those who didn't have access to the life he enjoyed.

[@aeryn6275]

This is incredible. Thank you so much.

[@theinquisition305]

Make the Bull Moose Party Real Again.

[@maxwelter9545]

One of my absolute favorite people ever.

[@coolmamac]

The recording is surprisingly good. I am very impressed. Thank you so much!

[@Baculus]

Great audio feed. He's one of my heroes -- thank you!

[@SS-tu6kc]

Greatest president of the last 116 years

[@cosmooswald4408]

+Satveer Sandhu Coolidge was better.

[@Freeloader_420]

+Cosmo Oswald wow NOPE

[@Capcoor]

+Cosmo Oswald What is your basis for saying that Coolidge was better?

[@actfree6897]

+Satveer Sandhu Nah. Truman was pretty good.

[@deciduousgaming1714]

Teddy and his cousin, FDR both greatest presidents. No contest.

[@TheFunniBaconMan]

Teddy Roosevelt was the most badass American politician that ever existed aside from George Washington himself. He was delivering a speech, when he got shot, and he shrugged it off and continued the hour long speech, then went to the hospital afterwards.

[@Andarovin]

+TheGamingBaconator 1.George Washington 2.Grant 3.TR 4.Ike 5. RR

[@Freeloader_420]

+TheGamingBaconator i'd rank TR above Washington honestly. Barely, but yeah

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Franklin Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Donald Trump, Teddy Roosevelt, and JFK for sentimental reasons and because he tried to save the soul of the nation...a dangerous goal...and one that DJT shares.

[@domscards]

@@johnnypastrana6727 Good joke. Trump *IS* the corruption plaguing this country. The 1% working to make the wealth gap wider.

[@UnitedStates17]

@@domscards 100% correct, thank god he's out of office now

[@potterrenovations5124]

Reading his biography by Edmund Morris. What a great leader and man. He had his faults for sure but his values and determination are inspiring.

[@rynegreen7902]

Teddy Roosevelt: a true president of the people. We need a president who stay for the people and not the banks and corporation that buy out politician.

[@rileyfreeman7122]

We can't, cause they all get assassinated before they can get the attention.

[@Guitarplyr1990]

josh Hawley.

[@rebelluigi3113]

Holy gosh your related to Teddy Roosevelt I'm going wide eyed because it said it in the description I'm going to invent a time machine I'm not old enough because I'd memorized everyone one of them thanks for making me go berserk

[@dln7527]

I always thought his voice would of been lower and more course sounding. His accent sounds almost British in a way.

[@deb310red]

He does sound British.

[@sanctoulto]

He was of the 400 NYC families, Harvard graduated...etc. Not to mention being exceptionally well-educated on his own. To his dying day, while he identified and supported the common people, he never let go of his "blue-blood" upbringing

[@Hero3128]

+dennis neugent "would HAVE" not "would of" & "coarse" not "course"

[@MooPotPie]

@@deb310red That's the "Mid Atlantic Dialect" affected by the upper classes - especially in the northeast - at the time.

[@Corsair092]

Can we not dig up a sample, and clone him? We could use a President like him again.

[@Sommer57]

He was a product of his environment. He was actually very sickly.

[@Mr_Catastr0phe]

then he was given tobacco and whiskey.

[@Sommer57]

***** Yes. He was sickly as a child, so his father bought him a weight set and told him to work out.

[@jessiehermit9503]

Sommer57 Also, because of his health issues he specifically determined that they wouldn't get him down. 😀

[@thecowboy9698]

No wonder Teddy said: "I speak softly, but carry a big stick."

[@Carpediem8110101]

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin.

His voice is not nearly as powerful as I had expected. It's almost nerdy/intellectual sounding. Anybody else feel the same way? However, the content of his words are extremely powerful. He's talking about social justice, civil rights, and women's rights, in freaking 1900! Incredible!

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Nick Morgan He WAS an intellectual, son- a working down to earth intellectual. Who wrote books, like The US Naval History of the War of 1812. He actually read at least one book a week or more. Plus actually reading and studying his state papers, daily. Compare that to his current successor who neither read in past not reads in the present, can't think coherently, speak intelligibly, but tweets, and that at an infantile level. TR would say one thing to Trump: You're fired!

[@Filbi]

It's really sad that Theodore Roosevelt's comments on workers' rights in 1912 would get him branded a radical today.

[@lunettenova8173]

They got him labeled an anarchist then too, to be fair

[@fateagleaz]

I mean he was saying that women shouldn't have the right to work more than 40 hours. That would be sexist in today's standards.

[@dgc4059]

@@fateagleaz He means the leftism he was advocating for, not his short-sighted view on gender equality.

[@ferociousgumby]

Having seen the PBS documentary on the Roosevelts recently, I thought Paul Giamotti did a lousy job of voicing TR, but now I see he sounded exactly like him. If anything, Giamotti had a deeper voice with a less-pronounced accent. TR had a surprisingly light tenorish voice with a real blueblood affectation, with afford sounding like "aff-fwooahh-d".

[@BrucesPhonograph]

This was recorded ( on a cylinder record) by Thomas Edison's National Phonograph Company sometime in 1908 and first put out to the interested public on a wax Amberol cylinder and later as a Blue Amberol cylinder. This is a good quality dub!

[@Filbi]

Do you know if his voice was naturally this high-pitched or if it was a result of the recording process? He's usually portrayed with a much deeper voice in modern portrayals.

[@BrianThompson-dj2sq]

Really both Roosevelts were great

[@lis437]

It's amazing how far the Teddy Jr. acorn wound up from the tree. Junior was a true wingnut who ripped FDR savagely.

[@Lufiend]

Even though he spoke no Dutch, he grew up in a Dutch-speaking community and you can hear it. His accent is distinctly Dutch.

[@mahadragon]

In some of Teddy Roosevelt’s earlier speeches his voice sounds bizarre and not just because of his high pitch. It’s reminiscent of a German accent (he could speak German) but it wasn’t a full blown accent. I’ve never heard anyone speak like that.

[@darwinist27]

Incredible.

[@sondrabowers4837]

The great President w/the infectious smile!

[@44t56]

@caroltubeyou That's so beautiful. I wish that I could have memories like that. I'm glad that there's someone here who appreciates the message I'm trying to convey by posting this

[@natsmith2724]

I expected him to have a loud booming voice. We need a TR/ RR mix also with some FDR thrown in.

[@dumarion88]

When was this wonderful piece of history recorded?

[@redreaper-xe6so]

@quarkwrok free trade is just stupid. Economic protectionism is not xenophobia, it's government look out out for its own people. When we had a modestly protectionist policy 50 years ago we were the most prosperous nation in the world. It's not a political issue, it's just common sense; a production line paying an honest middle class salary cannot compete with one that pays 70 cents an hour.

[@caroltubeyou]

@44t56 Well this really started a heated conversation didn't it? I don't care, TR is one of my heroes who, despite his wealth, fought in battle for the USA, and took an unpopular stand for the environment so that most of our biggest most beautiful national parks were protected from looters because of his efforts. Anyone who's seen Ken Burns' documentary about the National Parks has to have some appreciation for TR. You can be very proud of him. The Grand Canyon is an apt monument to TR.

[@nanomicroart]

Well Done Bravo!

[@714AD]

What a great man.

[@harryleid]

very much a speech on economics

[@quarkwrok]

@Salvysahagun You don't think the birthplace of the Industrial revolution had the major influence? Do you think things were like 1781? Do you even know about 1818?

[@roypiper581]

I wonder if this audio is actually running a touch fast.

[@JohnDoe-fm6md]

This guy beat the shit out of a lot of people in his life. It would be weird to get your ass beat by a dude who sounds like that when he speaks

[@breathingkyle8613]

If you think about it, it's amazing how the democratic and republican parties have shifted since Teddy's time.

[@OleOlson]

Mark Johnson You're nuts. Did you just listen to the same Teddy Roosevelt speech I just did? He would be called a "soicalst" by todays ultra-conservative Republicans, and even be considered pretty far to the left for Democrats. You fail at history Mark. Try again.

[@drums4b]

If only Teddy was running for president today!

[@michellechevallier7495]

Rob Galloway, what year was this recorded?

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

1912

[@Mahaveez]

A chief executive of the U.S. delivering such an elocutionary oration would today be decried as "out of touch" and "too smart". My goodness, what has happened to us?

[@quyn2thee]

I thought he would sound more Richard Dreyfuss' interpretation on the History Channel documentary

[@ShaggyDawg]

Those of you who think he sounds "British" are sort-of correct. He is speaking in the Mid-Atlantic accent, a mix of British and American accents popular among upper-class Americans and later many movie actors.

[@44t56]

@JBILLINI Are you implying something with that comment? I am not black, I'm not poor, and nor am I part of Jim Jones' cult. If you're trying to say something, then say it to my face. By what you're saying, let's have a conversation as two Republicans, for which I am. That's why I revere this man so much, and that there should be more people like him, is all.

[@magmos6346]

If you enjoy a friendly Judo match yeah. I'm not kidding. The man knew Judo and would challenge people to matches.

[@realtheloniuscrunk]

transatlantic accent, an accent taught in upper class boarding schools at the time. that's why he has little bass in his voice, aside from the fact that the recording removed much of it.

[@InsertName130]

In what year was this recorded?

[@DianaRubinoAuthor]

I've heard these accents of the Roosevelts and other 'aristocratic' Americans referred to as "high American."

[@bluedeath882]

+Diana Rubino I know this comment is a year old but you might be interested to know that this accent does have a name. It is generally referred to as a Mid-Atlatic accent or, less commonly, transatlantic accent.

[@joonaa2751]

@@bluedeath882 Though it must be pointed out that those are modern fake names not used at the time. The speech guides of the time generally refer to it as "Eastern Standard" or "Standard American". It should be pointed out here that in early 20th century linguistic discourse "Standard" and "General" American accent referred to different phenomena. The first is this aristocratic accent, the second is the modern prestige accent (also known as "Western Standard" back then)

[@1JamesMayToGoPlease]

Can't quite make out what he's saying. CC should be enabled.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

This isn't Teddy's normal voice, I don't think. People had to speak higher back then, due to the way audio equipment was.

[@redarrowhead2]

It's mostly because of the low quality recording devices, which make voices sound higher and are a bit sped up. Similarly, you can hear Hitler having a very high voice in some recordings when he actually had a deep voice.

[@timothyprice3264]

WOW his voice doesn't even sound like it would go to that face.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

This isn't Teddy's normal voice, I don't think. People had to speak higher back then, due to the way audio equipment was.

[@44t56]

@Twankiez1019 No, but my great-grandfather actually became good friends with him. He recorded this for him, in fact, when he visited the NABISCO factory in 1912, when running for President in the Bull Moose Party. A week later, Roosevelt was shot in the chest

[@RupertDCD27]

So your Great-Grandfather was Thomas Edison? This speech recorded by Thomas Edison March 12,1912 at Carnegie Hall.

[@shecklermusic]

Theodore Roosevelt is possibly the most remarkable person America has ever produced. Not only was he a military visionary who made the WWII naval victories possible, but he created the cause of social justice and CHANGE THE GOVERNMENT and almost single handedly destroyed the spoils system. How dare you put his name in with Jimmy Carter and Lyndon Johnson!

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok America was founded on protectionist principles. Mckinley was a Lincoln Republican, Teddy Roosevelt was a british asset. "Free trade may be suitable to Great Britain and its peculiar social and political structure, but it has no place in this republic, where classes are unknown, and where caste has long since been banished; where equality is a rule; where labor is dignified and honorable;" William Mckinley

[@tranurse]

@gazz12345a they weren't fascists, socialists maybe. teddy was very liberal.. he was the first president to suggest national health. he started the national parks, food and drug administration etc etc etc. he got kicked out of the republican party.

[@teresawolf8410]

Stay focused people. Listen closely and read between the lines. This is not about interracial sexual relations guys, it's about figuring out where we went wrong in something that seemed so right. It's your choice though, of weather or not to fill your ignorant minds with distractions of detail that don't matter. That's what big government wants you to do, not learn the truth of what we are as a country.

[@DAEDRICHHHH-TUCKER19]

WHAT'S UP BITCHESSSS?!!!!

[@quarkwrok]

@Salvysahagun Yes in august it will be a century since the speech. Never knew they had video cameras in those days!

[@IgnorancEnArrogance]

at 3:01 he stutters and repeats what he says. A mistake, or deliberate?

[@henryweinberger5873]

did your great grandpa record it with his phone

[@xaviercook7996]

He used his Zune

[@44t56]

@Twankiez1019 I know, it was the Progressive Party, but many people might know it as The Bull Moose, since that was the nickname afterwards. It was still the party that he ran under, just a different name

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok and you realize that this video was filmed almost 100 years after the dates you've posted.

[@legasiguy551]

ERB brought me here! :D

[@zyxwut321]

Interesting. I would've always imagined Teddy Roosevelt to have a much deeper voice than this. I've also heard that Thomas Jefferson had a high reedy voice that didn't carry well.

[@Salvysahagun]

@44t56 -The Capital of North Dakota is named after Otto Von Bismark -Otto Von Bismark was close friends with John Lothrop Motley and American foriegn Exchange Student Honestly when did America ever support the concept of British Colonialism or Empire? Let me educate you with some good quotes

[@Carpediem8110101]

But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people: Theodore Roosevelt 1907

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok Teddy's uncle was Mehawn (spell right?) worked for the Confederate Secret Service Abraham Lincoln was Henry Clay successor. "Old Henry Clay tariff whig" Henry Clay created the American System. Abraham Lincoln brought tariffs to 45%, William Mckinley was the last Lincoln Republican and Teddy Roosevelt was The first Imperalist President in American history.

[@BaarBear]

So this is the "Bull Moose" eh? Powerful man and powerful words.

[@quarkwrok]

@caroltubeyou I hope you don't think my posts have taken it down this route. If so I apologise.

[@44t56]

@JBILLINI Also, back then a worker's union was necessary. Today, it is no longer a point of any relevance at all. It's a different time, and that can be shown no better than right here in this speech from 100 years ago.

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok The Gilded Age is when America grew more rapidly then any other nation. Tariffs where always above 25% and the Dingley Tariff peaked at 47% until Teddy Roosevelt brought them down. This nation was built on Anti-British and Anti-Free Trade policies.

[@zippgunz]

TR was standing as Presidential candidate for the new and radical Progressive party (nicknamed the Bull moose party in tribute to TR). Roosevelt ceased being Republican President in 1909. He disliked what was happening under his own hand picked successor, Mr Taft. TR was popular enough to see his independent ticket come second in both the popular and electoral college vote - he beat Taft and the regular Republicans. TR's intervention in 1912, severely affecting the Republican vote, led to the comfortable election of Democrat Woodrow Wilson.

[@quarkwrok]

@Salvysahagun Bismark was a friend of both the UK and US. He got sidelined and resigned in 1892 long before WWI. The British Royals were called the Saxe-Coburg-gothas and were German none of this proves america was pro-German and anti-British. The US was a colonial power at least from the Spanish-American War onwards, it supported British ideas of empire as practised by itself. Britain refused to get involved until neutral Belgium was invaded. That's like Long Island for New Englanders.

[@44t56]

@briteness The problem with today is that policies have become too confusing and difficult due to things such as political correctness, global warming, the deal with abortion, etc. With the Roosevelts, they had good policies that were easy to understand. It's just sad how this country is failing currently, ever since the 1970s really. I just wish we can get back on track, and find a stage of a certain bipartisanship

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok America never accepted Britans Free Trade world domination policy until Teddy. I'm not talking about Anglo Saxons as a race but more their Political/Economic theory which hi-jacked American Foriegn Policy post World War Two and slightly under Teddy. FDR was a decendent of Issaac Roosevelt a close friend of Alexander Hamilton. He wrote his senior thesis at Havard on Hamilton.

[@quarkwrok]

@Salvysahagun NAFTA is a trading bloc dominated by the US. It is similar to the EU. In both cases the core has done well, the periphery not. Countries outside NAFTA in North America have also fared badly. So have peripheral States in the US. Would you deny there is 'Free Trade' between Alabama and Tennessee? British post-1790, US post-1900 policy mostly Free Trade, lots of development and growth. Banana republics are protectionist.

[@redreaper-xe6so]

@Salvysahagun and now we support it, and are collapsing? Shocking.

[@haleynathanielanderson2615]

Rest in peace Mr President. Now you're rough ridin'in God's Kingdom

[@44t56]

@coolmamac Yeah, VERY good quality. If my grand father was stuck working at NABISCO, he was still able to do this

[@SpyderFilmDayv]

Sad that this type of republican no longer exists. . .

[@SavTotallyRocks1]

The republic was indeed a different concept back then...

[@rmwein1948]

For a New York City Lad❤ TR was a Great American President Up There on Mt Rushmore God Bless Anerica-Foever!

[@44t56]

@Salvysahagun By the way, I'm from Philly. Now do you understand why I disagree?

[@saintmichaelarchangel777]

All presidents sound the same but teddy sounds better than all of them

[@44t56]

@Salvysahagun In case you forgot, McKinley was killed by an Anarchist assassin. He wasn't brought to power solely to do that. He gained power because he was VP! And by the way, I'm not brainwashed, I gain my own insights. It's not like this president has fan clubs such as Clinton's or JFK's, but a select few who look at the good things he accomplished, instead of what you claim his main purpose was. He has no real purpose to start off with, because the Presidency was thrust upon him by murder

[@44t56]

@webgeek6 This is the pitch/speed. His voice is sooooo different from how he looks, I know, but it's him

[@quarkwrok]

@Salvysahagun Your English has certainly improved over the past few hours. Every country operates free trade with exceptions within its borders and for what it considers its citizens, e.g. the Third Reich, the US, the British Empire. Free trade as a geopolitical system is how it is applied externally, i.e. outside the British Empire. Looting as a big accusation but you don't back them up do you?

[@44t56]

@Salvysahagun No one had to follow him, and I wish that they didn't. We don't need a Roosevelt Republican now, and we haven't needed one since America's prosperous times. His message was one of advancement, which we don't need right now. We need a leader who can hold this country together in times of trouble, which, sadly, has been gone from our lives for many, many years

[@44t56]

@Salvysahagun What would we have done if Britain wasn't an ally in the World Wars? They're one of our most trusted allies. Sure, I'm against big government, but Roosevelt knew that there was something brewing in Europe, and he wanted to make America powerful on an international stage, even more so up until then. He didn't want to be overshadowed by McKinley's accomplishments of expansion, and he wanted his own piece. Can you blame him for that desire?

[@joestar4242]

he smile is so cute ; 0

[@Salvysahagun]

@quarkwrok I was born in Burlingame, California and raised in Seattle Washington. Don't speak any other language then english. Graduated from Bothell High School. Britain abandoned Mercantalism to approach the Free trade doctrine. The only reason it worked is because they had colonies to loot from.