Henry Steele Commager vs. Theodore Roosevelt
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Henry Steele Commager
1902 – 1998
Henry Steele Commager was an American historian. As one of the most active and prolific liberal intellectuals of his time, with 40 books and 700 essays and reviews, he helped define modern liberalism in the United States.
"Loyalty… is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation."
Theodore Roosevelt
1858 – 1919
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., also known as Teddy or T. R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York politics, including serving as the state's 33rd governor for two years.
"While I was police commissioner, an anti-Semitic preacher from Berlin, Rector Ahlwardt, came over to New York to preach a crusade against the Jews. Many of the …"
Connections
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