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What Is Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Conservation As A National Duty

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Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. He was a great supporter of environmental policies and protection. Theodore Roosevelt made a speech May16th,1908 about conservation as it was very important to him and he considered it a national responsibility. It was called “Conservation as a National Duty”. Throughout his speech he spoke about progress, patriotism and morality.

Theodore spoke about making progress while conserving our great nations natural resources. He wants us to find another way to grow as a nation without wasting natural resources and it would be better for us, money wise. Theodore knew it would be better for our environment to build a house with concrete than to build a house with wood. He was worried that if we were not aware of our need to salvage our use of natural resources we would run out of them. Theodore Roosevelt’s thinking was ahead of his time, if people listened to him in the past our present and future would not be in danger. …show more content…

Morality, what is morality? Morality means principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Everyone should know right from wrong. Conservation and morality are on the same level of importance to him. The reason they are on the same level of importance is he knows that if we run out of natural resources we might fight between ourselves for what is left. Theodore Roosevelt wants our nation to continue to grow and be rich for centuries. Theodore was a man of great things and he took time to realize that our nature was just as important as anything else in the

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