he twentieth century was a century of revolutionary changes. These changes include massive improvements in health and living standards, the rise of mass communication and mass entertainment, and the expansion of government. Yet the greatest of all twentieth century revolutions was an expansion in human freedom. Vast strides were made in Civil Rights, Women's Rights, and Civil Liberties. Theodore Roosevelt to William P. Frye, June 15, 1903. GLC 5913.03 In this letter opposing the reinstatement of a corrupt senator, President Theodore Roosevelt, who prided himself on his incorruptibility, expresses his abiding commitment to "honesty in public life." Former President Benjamin Harrison said of Roosevelt that he "wanted to put an end to all the evil in the world between sunrise and sunset." Warren G. Harding to Mrs. J. E. Phillips, February 4, 1917. GLC 782.08 In this letter, Senator Warren G. Harding (later President) expresses his fear that America will become involved in World War I despite the country's official policy of neutrality. Franklin D. Roosevelt, speech dated May 30, 1934. GLC 3352 In this speech delivered at Gettysburg on Memorial Day in 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt astutely avoids comparison with Abraham Lincoln by instead invoking the memory of George Washington and the nation's founders to promote the importance of major public works at the national level.