Theodore Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize

[@oldesertguy9616]

I always think of another saying when I hear the "speak softly, but carry a big stick" quote. "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."

[@brians7749]

The first quote was from President Roosevelt. The second was a line uttered by an actor playing the role of Al Capone in a movie. So, hardly related...

[@oldesertguy9616]

@brians7749 they are similar in nature. I said the one reminded of the other. I don't know why you thought otherwise.

[@mosquitocoast25]

@@brians7749 very true Roosevelt wasn’t a gangster.

[@honodle7219]

How utterly soul destroying.

[@lucasmembrane4763]

Somehow, the history books lack a compelling example of Teddy Roosevelt ever speaking softly.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

Your research has shown Theordore Roosevelt in a new light. I love how you bring facts out and connect them, revealing the pattern. This is a very insightful report, Lance. Thank you. Teddy Roosevelt did a lot of good for America. Btw: I highly recommend a book: 'The Statesman and The Storyteller' where the parallel lives of John Jay and Mark Twain are revealed in a very delightful, insightful way. Teddy Roosevelt has a prominent role in that book. Very informative and fun. Again , thank you. I loved this mini-documentary as I call them. They are much more than just a video or podcast.

[@edl617]

Wait a minute in 7th grade (1967) we learned of Teddy Roosevelt noble prize. National parks conservation and the great white fleet as well as the Spanish American war

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@@edl617 and Phillipines, Hawaii and Panama Canal

[@tyrport]

I have read that there was an incident in 1905 in which TR Roosevelt prevented a possible World War I over Tunisia. He threatened whoever started the war would find America on the other side and thus lose.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

That was his response to the First Moroccan crisis.

[@tyrport]

@ have you done an episode.? If so would I find it under First Moroccan crisis? Thank you very much for your output I look forward to it.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

@ not yet. Give me time. :)

[@KevinMarion-xq4pj]

I'll bet there are people that think Obama earned it as will. 🤮

[@2140BlackCreek]

I find this so very interesting as my grandfather was an officer in the Russian army of the czar. While he was a of German heritage, and not required to serve, yet he was brought into the military and fought in Manchuria. It was after the peace that he realized that Russia was doomed and he and most of his village left to emigrate to America. After gaining citizenship, he became a staunch Republican (of that era). In the parlor of his small home, on the wall, was a framed photo of "Teddy" Rosevelt. Now I understand why it was there.

[@mk14m0]

Theodore Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize was one of the very few instances where the prize was given to someone who had actually helped make peace, as opposed the far more common case of the award being given for "pro-peace" posturing which sounded good but did nothing to actually bring peace to anyone.

[@retard223]

Bull moose or bust.

[@MattSmith-yq3rr]

They have to give it to someone each year though, right? Most years, as far as I've gathered, it's more of a participation award type of thing, rather than a winner's medal. "At least you turned up and made out like you knew what you were doing," kinda thing. 😂

[@oldfogey4679]

Teddy s peace process didn't help Korea! His peace led to Japan imposing very harsh rule over Korea! So not all were happy!

[@M--GT8223]

​@@MattSmith-yq3rr 💯 Unfortunately, I completely agree

[@goodun2974]

At 9:55, "it was a compromise, which means that no one is happy". Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones

[@markkovach1992]

Thank you for this. I had NO idea of the background info.

[@davidjernigan8161]

A lot worse choices have been made for the peace prize.

[@em1osmurf]

obama?

[@brianchesterbrowne5143]

Mother Theresa?

[@twillison8824]

Obama getting it for bringing peace to the middle east was a joke.

[@kennethrouse7942]

As Jimmy Carter once said, "I have heard you." 😉👍

[@danacoleman4007]

for example?

[@roberthamilton1152]

Could you do a video on the history of the two dollar bill, please?

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@roberthamilton1152 the the Kennedy 2$ bill with the red stamp. The green one we can still get ..the red has been removed from circulation. Red stands for labor. Green for agriculture. Kenedy had printed his own ..so of course the Fed ain't allowing that .. If u ever see a red one.. its hugely valuable

[@OhioDan]

... Wouldn't the history of the $2 bill go back much further than the Kennedy administration?

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@OhioDan oh I meant the Red Stamp one.. its only Keneddy adm. The Green stamp one is ubiquitous The Kennedy one has been scrubbed from info ..though u can see on coin collector sites Stamps are significant in American currency notes: red=labor. Green=agriculture. Yellow=sun. I forgot what blue means. I learnt this on my Common Law Grand Jury days . I studied the creation of currency outside the Fed Reserve. Its VERY useful info. Do a deep dive. Ithaca, NY has its own currency known as The Ithica Dollar. ..its like a coupon so it's legal. Fairfield Iowa has the Rama note equal to $10 US dollars..abt 10 -15 yrs ago and used only in the local area. I really don't know current situation there. New Yorkers took over control of Maharishi School of Managemant , Fairfield. I have not kept up.

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

@OhioDan I meant the Kennedy $2.00 is the only one with the red stamp. The others are with a green stamp. The red stamp has been pulled out of circulation since it was printed outside the Fed.. and it represented labor. ( red=labor) . Two president's printed their own money: Abe Lincoln had the Greenback. There is a lot on info about printing money legally. Currently there are two areas which have their own money: Ithaca, NY has The Ithaca dollar . And the Rama note of Maharishi Vedic University worth about 20 US dollars when last I was looking into it. They are valid only in the local area..and work like coupons. So it's legal. You get lots of info from Coin Shops .. you kniw the antique looking coin shops that buy and sell gold and silver.

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@laserbeam002]

I have read two autobiographys on Teddy Roosevelt. I have to say he is my favorite president.

[@BusbobDave]

😂

[@robertjensen1438]

Why did the scarecrow get a nobel prize? Because he was out-standing in his field.

[@rwarren58]

One might boo or hiss but I’m putting this in my bag of Dad jokes. Good job!🎉

[@potterwalker4823]

OK, corny funny.

[@tiffanyganton550]

what a kernel of joy

[@THE-HammerMan]

Outstanding in his field; corny funny; kernel of joy... I've completely lost my appetite!

[@timmcquerry6068]

Robert,"Ya still Got-It"😅

[@ajg617]

And glad to hear that 106 years after his death, TR will get a presidential library in the Badlands of ND.

[@jeanhiebert3425]

Do you know where his materials have been stored in the meantime?

[@ajg617]

@@jeanhiebert3425 No but this is supposed to be a state of the art interactive library as opposed to a few dusty items in glass cases.

[@douglassauvageau7262]

Your scholarly documentation and analysis of history has value for the present.

[@Michael-uc7gr]

Author of over two dozen fiction and non-fiction books, first President to invite a black man to dine with him and his family at the White House, champion of the common man and foe of the ultra rich monopolistic capitalists, a pioneer environmentalist who established our National Forests, awarded Nobel Prize for peace and the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in combat. Truly a man for all seasons.

[@SynchronizorVideos]

Also, first man to have held the position of President, and to have also flown in an airplane.

[@HM2SGT]

*Glad to hear New Hampshire make it onto your show. I'd love for you to do a piece about the old man of the mountain, or the old gray mare, or the Willey family disaster...*

[@guytwombly2955]

I’m from NH and I can remember seeing the plaque for this in Portsmouth maybe 60 years ago. Good story Thank-you

[@marioditroia]

Nobel peace prize, and Medal of Honor for heroism on San Juan Hill. The strenuous life...

[@flkoolguy]

Theodore Roosevelt is definitely one of our greatest presidents. He is my favorite president in history. Thank you for this video.

[@BusbobDave]

Human debris

[@robertneal4244]

It is often said that life is a series of opportunities. The people with the most success tend to take advantage of them more often than others.

[@jeanne-marie8196]

Thank for explaining why the “speak softly” part may have been the reason behind the peace prize being given to the likes of Roosevelt. BTW: Would you please pass me the tiny silver hammer, so I can knock the Sesame Street jingle of “One of These Things is Not Like the Others” from my head?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Thank you!

[@mikeskelly2356]

My family visited Sagamore Hill several times in the 50's and 60's when I was a child. While the 'Trophy Room' was my favorite, images alone cannot convey the aromas of a house constructed solely of natural materials. Wood, Polish, Wool fabrics, Horsehair stuffed furniture and Feather bedding assaulted the senses in a manner modern home dwellers are not accustomed to. Security was upgraded when someone absconded with one of Teddy's rifles from an unlocked case...

[@robertphillips6296]

Theodore Roosevelt was a Triple Prize Winner. Nobel Peace Prize, U.S. Metal of Honor and have his Bust on Mount Rushmore.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

He inly lived to see one of those…

[@MrFallingfromgrace]

I had no idea he won a medal of honour .. bully

[@terrysoule8441]

​@@MrFallingfromgracehis son did as well.

[@tygrkhat4087]

A few years back, I worked at a research lab that was situated in the Hauptman-Woodward Institute in Buffalo NY. On display in the lobby was Dr. Herbert Hauptman's Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded in 1985, along with Jerome Karle.

[@stuartriefe1740]

Being half Norwegian, one of my favorite THG episodes yet 😊

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@ricksaint2000]

Thank you History Guy

[@AGnorTheChannel]

I'm sure glad that history is always so clear-cut as "1+2=3," rather than "Definite Opinion when met with Opposing Definite Opinion means that Definite Opinion Wins." Otherwise the fact that there's no way to truly know an alternate outcome would be awkward. /s

[@williamhervey6409]

Thank you

[@EGSBiographies-om1wb]

Merry Christmas to ya History Guy as well as to your staff as well as to the THGnation.

[@airstreamer]

This was very interesting information! I learned a lot in this short video. Thank you for keeping history alive! - Michelle

[@ashroskell]

Love this show.

[@kellybasham3113]

Love your videos

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

We learn something everyday.Thanks.

[@KENNEY1023]

I have read several books about Theodore Roosevelt he deservesd the Nobel peace prize.

[@Law0086]

This dude was a real piece of work. At least I see now. Especially after seeing your video on his demanding of a Medal of Honor. It's not about what you've done as long as you "win" the award.

[@notapplicable531]

I personally feel that his Peace Prize is rather tarnished given that the Taft-Katsura agreement, a part ot the treaty, essentially gave Japan carte-blanche to annex Korea, a sovereign nation, in 1910 into the Japanese Empire. What the Americans got for this was Japanese assurances that Japan had no interests in the Philippines. What the Koreans got was 35 years of exploitation, rape, torture and murder. You won't find any Korean who would state anything positive about Roosevelt winning the prize.

[@goodun2974]

For those wishing to learn more, the complete saga of Roosevelt's trip is detailed in the history book "The Imperial Cruise".

[@curiouscharacter1]

Correct me if I'm wrong. I seem to recall in reading that book that President Roosevelt made it known that he was impressed that a small nation like Japan, still relatively new to the ways of the technology of the "civilized" world was able to wage war effectively against a larger, more established foreign power. Basically, he endorsed their methods of battling an enemy in his comments concerning his admiration for the Japanese military. The author speculated that this approval was interpreted by the Japanese to mean that a "first strike" (or "sneak attack" if you will) was an acceptable way to wage modern war. The author went on to say that this " verbal reinforcement" by Roosevelt may have led the Japanese to make the decision to attack Pearl Harbor in 1941. I found this to be an interesting theory and the book was well worth reading.

[@Ivehadenuff]

This is a great great way to spend a rainy day.❤

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

The U.S was the first nation to accept Norway as an independent nation. Winston Churchill got the price in litrature in 1953. They wanted him to have the peace price…

[@CliffordClaytonGorovoy]

@@torgeirbrandsnes1916 I'm sorry I don't have time for trolling today. Don't take vaccines

[@em1osmurf]

that last==with another roosevelt war hawk. good vid!

[@RogerFusselman]

I teach English in Korea. The Korean Peninsula suffered from Roosevelt’s negotiation. After this award, Japanese rule of Korea became severe. Roosevelt’s award stands as the first example of the Nobel committee turning a blind eye to dictatorship. The Korean people received no peace from it.

[@deanjacobs1766]

The peace prize was for ending a bloody war between two imperialist powers.

[@richarddeese1087]

When no one is happy, but the situation is livable, then you have a real compromise. tavi.

[@jimanders6666]

thanks !

[@hlynnkeith9334]

Tidbit: At the Battle of Tsushima Straits, Lieutenant Isoroku Yamamoto lost three fingers. Had he lost another finger, he would have been discharged. He remained in the service and rose to admiral and command of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

[@robertjackson9050]

15:14 I don't think Moscow was the capital of Russia in 1905

[@danstotland6386]

St. Petersburg. Bolsheviks moved it to Moskow in 1918.

[@HM2SGT]

*BULLY!* 😁

[@darrell9546]

The surprise attack on Port Arthur by the Japanese begs the question, did it set precedent for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor?

[@tomhalla426]

The irony is that the settlement between Japan and Russia left both sides feeling cheated. Japan felt they were being discriminated against for imperialism normal for Europeans or the US. The Russians felt cheated for being coerced by their creditors. That sets aside the interests of the Chinese and Koreans, who were the ones being fought over. Perhaps letting the Russians and Japanese fight to exhaustion would have had a better long term result.

[@davidfromkyushu6870]

As a weird aside, the table the treaty was signed upon is now inside the former Imperial Hotel at Meiji-mura in Japan.

[@michaelcurrie6008]

History being history, we cannot change. But if you refuse to learn from it, you're a fool.Thank you

[@davidstrother496]

Roosevelt actually did something to be considered for the award. The last president to receive the award got it for winning an election.

[@Neverforget71324]

... and being a certain color. 100 percent agree! ... and the president that SHOULD've gotten the prize was snubbed because he wasn't a rabid "liberal".

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

Alfred Nobel did have very high ideals, a nobility about them. Never can we deny or mitigate his intentions. It is natural for humans to attempt to politicize it, for that is what political people do in their lust for power. As long as the basic underlying intention has not been lost, Alfred Nobel 's intentions will be upheld. Can the committee stabilize this amazing award?

[@rwarren58]

The first president to receive the Nobel Prize but not the last. Well done, teacher. I love stories of the turn of the century.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Never heard this

[@homelee665]

When I toured the White House as a high school Senior in 2000, they were moving the medal for some reason. One of the guards that was watching hallways startled the guy that was carrying it, and I almost got to witness it get dropped on the floor.

[@HootOwl513]

Bully for Teddy!

[@thurin84]

i always resent the people who conflate military preparedness for militarism or war mongering. it can lead to these things, yes if wielded by the wrong people, but the quickest way to blunder into war is to not be prepared for one. and one of the best ways to avoid war is be prepared to fight if necessary. or put roosevelts way speak softly, and carry a big stick.

[@logansmith8318]

If you get the chance some day, do you think you could do a video on the Tutt/Everett War of Marion County, Arkansas?

[@oldfogey4679]

I always enjoy vids from this channel! Id like to know if tr and obama are the only us prez to get a nobel peace prize? And to revisit why obama got one?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Jimmy Carter received one as well.

[@MrFallingfromgrace]

They told him he would die .. he defied them They told him he couldn’t make a difference .. he defied them They told him industry was too big to break … he defied them They Theo was … F you I’ll do what’s right not what’s easy … we need that again over the cowards we are

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey History Guy 🤓

[@janerkenbrack3373]

Second-guessing is inevitable when reviewing history. One piece that is marginalized in the discussion about Roosevelt's Nobel Prize, is the world war that didn't happen. With both Russia and Japan facing losses of some combination of territory, wealth, and lives, and with neither of them willing to make the first step toward peace, the likely path they each would have followed would have been recruiting allied powers to aid in each country's desire for victory. This would have created new adversaries, as each newly involved nation was suspicious of the aims of the others that were joining in. Without Roosevelt's efforts at mediation, the path forward would probably have involved escalation of the war, towards a possible global conflict. I think the Nobel committee would have recognized this potential, and have been relieved to see it resolved without expansion.

[@JohnBerry-q1h]

Next, discuss some of TIME magazine’s _Man of the Year_ choices. (e.g. Hitler)

[@657449]

The last line spoken was important to us “what if” historians. What if the Great War never happened or ended in 1915 with some sort or truce? The Japanese had developed a taste for colonialism just like the Europeans and would have started more conquests in Asia. That would have been the Great War.

[@13Bravo77]

Ironically the guy that developed dynamite proposed a peace prize

[@monkeygraborange]

If Alfred Nobel would spin in his grave for Roosevelt’s reception of the award, one can only guess his reaction to Obammy being handed one for no reason whatsoever.

[@darrellborland119]

Amen...thanks, and finally we can flex our Constitutional Rights, including our First Amendment'. 😇

[@allimone5400]

Yeah, after starting more wars than any other president 😅

[@narveenaryaputri9759]

And Milton Friedman for a policy which brought economic disaster

[@torgeirbrandsnes1916]

Obama was given the price for things to come so to speak.

[@mosquitocoast25]

@@allimone5400 Obama inherited the Iraq War, the Afghanistan War, and various aspects of the War on Terror, all of which began during the Bush administration. He presided over the gradual draw down of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, culminating in the near-total withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq in December 2011. I know I know facts get in the way and you have alternative facts, yeah?

[@drlong08]

Interesting how history shows us such parallels....there's another opportunity before us even now, maybe more than one, to end needless bloodshed and waste.

[@oldfogey4679]

Dr long currently we don't have leadership that's interested in brokering peace! Trumps only interested in how he can personally profit off of wars!

[@657449]

If he had been elected president instead of Wilson, would we had joined in against Germany and Austria in 1914?

[@davidchunkyonion]

The US has never been "isolationist." I don't understand why anyone thinks this.

[@aeplayed2037]

Japan and there suprise attacks is crazy

[@sheenapearse766]

Great historical doco on a period of time not well appreciated. TR was a remarkable man and great President , but I wonder if he and the Great White Fleet didn’t inspire Japanese to emulate the US ? Educational as always . Thanks

[@Siskiyous6]

We can thank Teddy for inflicting Empire on us at the cost of Liberty and true greatness for the common man.

[@oldfogey4679]

Isolationism isn't possible for the us as a leading nation! So don't think trump or Wilson hurt the us! Inevitable for the us to take a world stance!

[@cynthiarowley719]

Any calls for Re-Dos?

[@seanbigay1042]

"Pres. Roosevelt, why do you deserve the Nobel Prize?" "Two reasons. One, I brokered an end to the Russo-Japaneese War. Two, I offered each member of the Nobel Prize Commission a knuckle sandwich should they refuse to give it to me." 😂

[@conradnelson5283]

Roosevelt deserved it more than Obama.

[@davidgreaves9165]

Like most awards meaningless

[@allenatkins2263]

You make it sound as if my yearly awards for reading 25 books in Elementary School meant nothing!

[@RazingthenRaising]

Nobel was a pacifist, but he understood that M.A.Dd was (and is) a real thing. That is why he developed weapons. TR agreed, but had a somewhat different attitude about peace.

[@VespasianJudea]

My favorite president along with Taft.

[@sherrysmithperry8438]

👍

[@eldonhoward7925]

Several years after Norway became independenent Russia took a large amount of their land.

[@M--GT8223]

Having read a bit about him, it's mho that Teddy Roosevelt was, until Trump, the best "pro-America" president we've ever had

[@gordomg]

At least Roosevelt did something to win the Nobel Peace Prize. #Obama did nothing but yet the Nobel committee fell over themselves to award him the prize.

[@AisleEpe-oz8kf]

Everything follows on everything else. Human evolution is one of strife. thanks

[@sinnedsinister]

Truth be told, Russia and Japan have been belligerent toward each for after this in 1932-1939 over a border and since 1945 and the disputed Kuril islands. Though Russia did declare war on them, i am unsure there was any actual engagements in WWII. That may be another story to tell. Forgotten conflicts between Japan and Russia

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Hopefully, America will get back to peacemaking.

[@SisterShirley]

That would be good. Maybe when they stop "helping" countries that should try using their brain instead of with their corrupt hands out.

[@BusbobDave]

🤪

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

@@SisterShirley Well.... if we help those nations improve; they will not have a need to try and migrate elsewhere.

[@SisterShirley]

@@WALTERBROADDUS But has it helped so far? Off the top of my head, I can't think of a time when it has.

[@ericneilson1198]

T.R. was Americas greatest president in my head for two reasons. 1. The Great White Fleet (as Secretary of the Navy he gave Congress the middle finger) 2. His diplomatic skill as president. I mean President Trump could be the Second Coming of TR.

[@matta5498]

Why did Obama get the NPP?

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Diversity

[@GoobleryKu]

Because he killed over 200k people with drones.

[@brianmckee2874]

Obama got the prize for breathing.

[@daviddeppa122]

DEI

[@lancerevell5979]

It was literally nothing more than an attempt to give him something to live up to and actually do something to earn it, which of course he utterly failed to do. 😮

[@autdrew]

I remember when Obama got one for being elected. He wasn't even sworn in yet

[@truthsRsung]

15:40 ... "Congress never created the (peace) Committee." Shucks

[@Neverforget71324]

11:50 The newspaper articles are till the exact same same... Nothing's new apparently.

[@CliffordClaytonGorovoy]

It's become obvious that this prize is a joke.

[@goodun2974]

Jimmy Carter certainly deserved the Nobel Prize, although he didn't receive it until long after his presidency; he was nominated at least 5 times, beginning with his role in negotiating a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. I am a bit more dubious of Obama's Nobel Prize, and even Obama stated at the time "perhaps the most profound issue surrounding my receipt of this prize is the fact that I am the commander in chief of the military of a nation that is in the midst of two wars. If I come here with an acute sense of the costs of armed conflict ---- filled with difficult questions about the relationship between war and peace and our efforts to replace one with the other". The Nobel committee had cited Obama for his promotion of nuclear nonproliferation and multilateral diplomacy, Which perhaps didn't merit a prize all on their own but certainly looked a lot better than George W. Bush's policies and actions, at least on paper.

[@allenatkins2263]

@@goodun2974 DEI

[@davidoconnell1595]

Regarding your last point. You might enjoy "The Valor of Ignorance" published by Captain Homer Lea after the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty. Not only does he predict war between the US and Japan, he specifies that the first attack will be on Pearl Harbor and the second on the Philippines from the North. Despite this book having been taught at our military academies, the brass were caught flat-footed in Pearl Harbor and the dubious genius MacArthur was caught at the southern end of the Philippines. All this was foreseen in dry detail by a military analyst - not a fortune teller with a crystal ball or some loony conspiracy theorist.

[@jkilby27able]

👍👍👍👍

[@beebtv]

Didn't Obama get a Nobel Prize just because he got elected president?

[@robertgiles9124]

he was killing people with drones and even some civilians....accidentally. I so regret voting for hom...twice. just saw him lying in a speech with the fine people hoax and knew why I quit the democrats after 50 years.

[@HistoryNut-1701]

Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of our most distinguished presidents, embodying a unique approach that transcended the conventional political landscape. His unwavering commitment to realism set him apart from both sides of the aisle, enabling him to make decisions that prioritized the nation’s interests rather than partisan considerations.

[@rustyreckman2892]

Why did Barack Obama get the award?

[@merlinwizard1000]

54th, 11 December 2024

[@FortuneZer0]

He ripped the japanese off.

[@robkunkel8833]

🇺🇸Said how many political fools have a forum … Trump’s legacy.

[@MarkEvans-wx3sg]

Acts 2:38