The Story Behind TR's Man in the Arena Speech

Few speeches have endured like The Man in the Arena. Its most famous lines have been quoted by presidents, athletes, soldiers, and entrepreneurs for more than a century. But the story behind the speech is just as fascinating as the words themselves. In this episode of History Shorts, we travel to Paris in 1910, where former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech titled Citizenship in a Republic. Speaking after an African safari and a triumphant tour of Europe, Roosevelt reflected on courage, citizenship, public service, and the price of meaningful achievement. Buried within the address was a passage that would become one of the most celebrated speeches in American history: the tribute to "the man in the arena."   SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/c/HistoryShortsPodcast ADVERTISE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/advertise   LEARN MORE: https://www.historyshortspodcast.com/ SPONSORED BY: https://www.podcastrepublic.net/get-it-now