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Theodore Roosevelt

US President, 1901 to 1909

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Broke up monopolies, protected around 230 million acres of public land and built the Panama Canal, pairing conservation with an assertive foreign policy.

Theodore Roosevelt sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly nature-first on environment and strongly strength-first on war and peace.

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Where Theodore Roosevelt sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomySlightly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Theodore Roosevelt

Richard Nixon US President, 1969 to 197497%Abiy Ahmed Prime Minister of Ethiopia, 2018 to present95%Boris Johnson UK Prime Minister, 2019 to 202294%Franklin D. Roosevelt US President, 1933 to 194593%David Ben-Gurion First Prime Minister of Israel, 1948 to 1954 and 1955 to 196393%Volodymyr Zelensky President of Ukraine, 2019 to present92%Benazir Bhutto Prime Minister of Pakistan, 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 199692%Simón Bolívar Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia91%

People furthest from Theodore Roosevelt

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19406%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19806%Leo Tolstoy Russian novelist and moral thinker, 1828 to 19108%Murray Rothbard American economist, 1926 to 19958%

Political views closest to Theodore Roosevelt

Pan-ArabismSeeks the unity of Arab peoples across state borders and independence from foreign…92%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…88%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…87%Anti-colonial nationalismFuses independence struggles with economic self-reliance and national dignity.85%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.