Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt’s brand of conservatism were very similar. Wilson and Roosevelt were of socially secure background, even though, Wilson did go through a time of poverty and frustration. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson both favored a laissez-faire style of government, although Wilson disliked the idea of a laissez-faire government at the beginning of his political career. Roosevelt and Wilson stood for the general welfare rather than any special interest. They both …

…liked by the people that he would do whatever the people wanted in order to be loved by them. As in most cases of politics, both of these men had ulterior motives for their actions. Hofstadter dislikes both of these men for that reason, but at the same time he respects both. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson played an important role in the Progressive movement but were slowed by their own need for personal gain.