Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Speech Analysis

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Theodore Roosevelt gave a speech on conservation in Kansas in 1910. During his speech he talks about how we as Americans should conserve our natural resources. He says that without conservation future generations might not have what we have. Roosevelt promoted conservation very much and he mentions many key concepts during his speech. During the speech, Roosevelt mentions how conservation is connected with progress, patriotism, and morality of the American people. He mentions these words, “Conservation is a great moral issue, for it involves the patriotic duty of insuring the safety and continuance of the nation.” He is basically saying that conserving our natural resources is a great issue. It requires our help and the governments help. Without the help of Americans, future generation may not experience natural resources and he says it is not fair to them. Morality and patriotism are mentioned as a big part of conservation by Roosevelt. Another key concept, is Roosevelt’s reasons for promoting conservation. Obviously, he had a lot of these reasons. The main …show more content…

He states that, “I believe that the natural resources must be used for the benefit of all our people, and not monopolized for the benefit of only a few.” He basically is saying that resources should be for all people and not only people with a lot of money or whatever the circumstance. He also states, “Of all the questions which can come before this nation, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us, and training them into a better race to inhabit the land and pass it on. This is a major concept he believed. In this statement he is saying that we need to leave our land and our natural resources for our future generations better than it was when we found it. He mentions this many times during his speech. Roosevelt had many beliefs on

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