1906 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Theodore Roosevelt February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1906 State of the Union Address When President Theodore Roosevelt visited Panama Canal in 1906 LCCN2013650928.jpg When President Theodore Roosevelt visited Panama Canal in 1906 1906 12 03 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Theodore RooseveltCharles W. FairbanksJoseph G. Cannon Format Written Previous 1905 State of the Union Address Next 1907 State of the Union Address The 1906 State of the Union Address was written by Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, on Monday, December 3, 1906. He did not speak directly to the 59th United States Congress. He said, "The readiness and efficiency of both the Army and Navy in dealing with the recent sudden crisis in Cuba illustrate afresh their value to the Nation. This readiness and efficiency would have been very much less had it not been for the existence of the General Staff in the Army and the General Board in the Navy; both are essential to the proper development and use of our military forces afloat and ashore."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/118.html State of the Union Address: Theodore Roosevelt (December 3, 1906) Infoplease.com July 26, 2014 In domestic matters, the President spoke about the importance of education:Annual Message to Congress (1906) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-part-i-11/ 2024-12-31 Teaching American History en-USNo more shortsighted policy can be imagined than, in the fancied interest of one class, to prevent the education of another class. The free public school, the chance for each boy or girl to get a good elementary education, lies at the foundation of our whole political situation. In every community the poorest citizens, those who need the schools most, would be deprived of them if they only received school facilities proportioned to the taxes they paid. This is as true of one portion of our country as of another.On foreign affairs, the President spoke about his vision for America's role in the Pacific:Our nation fronts on the Pacific, just as it fronts on the Atlantic. We hope to play a constantly growing part in the great ocean of the Orient. We wish, as we ought to wish, for a great commercial development in our dealings with Asia; and it is out of the question that we should permanently have such development unless we freely and gladly extend to other nations the same measure of justice and good treatment which we expect to receive in return. It is only a very small body of our citizens that act badly. Where the Federal Government has power it will deal summarily with any such. Where the several States have power I earnestly ask that they also deal wisely and promptly with such conduct, or else this small body of wrongdoers may bring shame upon the great mass of their innocent and right-thinking fellows—that is, upon our nation as a whole. Good manners should be an international no less than an individual attribute. I ask fair treatment for the Japanese as I would ask fair treatment for Germans or Englishmen, Frenchmen, Russians, or Italians. I ask it as due to humanity and civilization. I ask it as due to ourselves because we must act uprightly toward all men. References Theodore Roosevelt's Sixth State of the Union Address 1906 State of the Union Address 1905 State of the Union Address 1907 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1906 Category:Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt Category:Speeches by Theodore Roosevelt Category:59th United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:1906 speeches Category:1900s State of the Union addresses