Address To The Boys Progressive League
Performed by Theodore Roosevelt
Recorded July 3, 1913
In this way I desire to greet the Boy's
Progressive League at their meeting in the
Hotel Manhattan. I feel that the Progressive
Party should appeal peculiarly to the young
men--and therefore to the boys--who ought
to be the next generation of voters. The
principles for which we stand are the principles
of fair play and a square deal for every
man and every woman in the United States.
A square deal politically, a square deal
in matters social and industrial. I wish
to see you boys join the Progressive Party,
and act in that party and as good citizens
in the same way I'd expect any one of you
to act in a football game. In other words,
don't flinch, don't foul, and hit the line
hard.