Theodore Roosevelt served as president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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from Citizenship in a Republic
The good citizen in a republic must realize that he ought to possess two sets of qualities, and that neither avails without the other. He must have those qualities which make for efficiency; and he must also have those qualities which direct the efficiency into channels for the public good. ...
But if a man's efficiency is not guided and regulated by a moral sense, then the more efficient he is the worse he is, the more dangerous to the body politic. Courage, intellect, all the masterful qualities, serve but to make a man more evil if they are used merely for that man's own advancement, with brutal indifference to the rights of others.
(from "Citizenship in a Republic" by Theodore Roosevelt)

Which statement best describes a difference in how Roosevelt and Eisenhower argue for supporting the rights of all citizens?
1. Roosevelt claims that ignoring everyone's rights creates risk;
Eisenhower claims that ignoring everyone's rights results from a flawed theory.

2. Roosevelt claims that efficiency is a way to protect everyone's rights; Eisenhower claims that fairness is a way to protect everyone's rights.

• 3.
Roosevelt claims that the community must keep everyone's rights sacred; Eisenhower claims that the government must defend everyone's rights.

• 4. Roosevelt claims that failing to support everyone's rights is morally wrong; Eisenhower claims that failing to support everyone's rights threatens all rights.
Dwight D. Eisenhower served as president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
from Remarks at the United Negro College Fund Luncheon.
Another thing I have preached, as have many others, is against the theory that there can be any second-class citizen. I believe as long as we allow conditions to exist that make for second-class citizens, we are making of ourselves less than first-class citizens.
In other words, I believe the only way to protect my own rights
is to protect the rights of others.
Everything that the Constitution accords to me, I must defend for others-or else finally there will be nobody left to defend me.

Answer 1

Based on the provided excerpts from Theodore Roosevelt's "Citizenship in a Republic" and Dwight D. Eisenhower's remarks at the United Negro College Fund Luncheon, the statement that best describes a difference in how Roosevelt and Eisenhower argue for supporting the rights of all citizens is:

4. Roosevelt claims that failing to support everyone's rights is morally wrong; Eisenhower claims that failing to support everyone's rights threatens all rights.

Roosevelt emphasizes the moral obligation to support rights, suggesting that efficiency without a moral compass can be dangerous. Eisenhower frames the issue in terms of the mutual dependence of rights, asserting that neglecting the rights of others ultimately jeopardizes one's own rights as well.