I used to like Teddy Roosevelt. Then I read more about him. He was certainly a man's man, and had no trouble calling things like they were. But he was a full-on big-government progressive, and started us down this path we're on with progressivism.
Agreed that he started us down the road to progressivism.
But as a man...he wouldn’t like or recognize America today, nor condone much of it, from reading about his likes and dislikes. I believe he would have a change of heart after seeing Obama’s America. Just my $0.02