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The Square Deal is the name given to Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic legislative program. Roosevelt did not create this phrase; it was already familiar to nineteenth century Americans. His recurrent usage of it, however, linked it to him in the public mind after the 1902 anthracite coal strike.
An early usage of "square deal" by Theodore Roosevelt in the press occurred in 1899, when The New York Times quoted his saying, "I did not appoint a man because he came from Dr. Wall's or any other church; I gave each man a square deal on his own account.
The origin of the famous square deal quote came out of the 1904 presidential campaign, when Roosevelt, defending his mediation of the 1903 anthracite coal strike, said that he had given a “square deal” to both the miners and the company owners.
Theodore Roosevelt epitomized progressive rebuke of the outrageous excesses of capitalists and their cronies, but also typified progressive accommodation of the new order. He opposed unregulated business, deemed monopolies antithetical, defended labor unions, supported consumer protections, and initiated government protection of natural resources.
We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.
All I ask is a square deal for every man. Give him a fair chance; do not let him wrong anyone, and do not let him be wronged. Help as far as you can, without hurting in helping him, for the only way to help a man in the end is to help a man to help himself.
6 gru 2011 · When I say I want a square deal for the poor man, I do not mean that I want a square deal for the man who remains poor because he has not got the energy to work for himself. If a man who has had a chance will not make good, then he has got to quit.
