Theodore Roosevelt: The First Modern President

How would you classify the greatest president to over take office in the United States? Would it be by persona, how he leads, or the congressional actions and policies he enforces? There has been one individual that made a huge impact on the role of the president, also being touted as the first modern president. His name is Theodore Roosevelt. What separates Roosevelt from other presidents is his foreign policy, conservation, modernism, and leadership.
Theodore Roosevelt is well known for his foreign affairs, he goes by the saying “speak softly and use a big stick”. Teddy accomplished a lot with this for example, in 1901 Teddy paired up with England so he could go to Colombia and buy Panama. They wanted Panama so they could have a passage
When Teddy was in office, he tried to eliminate big business because at the time the government would let them do whatever they wanted to as long as they could get what they needed to be done. Being a conservationist, he realized that people wanted to have parks and other things, so he reserved land and made national monuments. Teddy always valued the working class, he helped make everything more regulated so they could have a better life and the best possible working conditions. Teddy made sure that the medicine and food were regulated to the point where they were actually safe to consume. Teddy used whatever he could to improve life for the working class and the average citizen. He believed that he could use whatever power he needed to use as long as the constitution did not say he couldn't do it. Teddy helped shape the Presidency to what it is today and will always be remembered for
During his presidency he made many moves to enforce and create new laws regarding environmental issues. Theodore owned multiple ranches in the badlands of North Dakota. He personally saw the devastation that was occurring. Bison, elk, bighorn sheep, deer, and other game species were being decimated at an alarming rate. Roosevelt stated, “We have become great because of the lavish use of our resources. But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the coal, the iron, the oil, and the gasoline are exhausted, when the soils have still further impoverished and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers, denuding the fields and obstructing navigation.” (Theodore Roosevelt and Conservation,