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Croly influenced Theodore Roosevelt with his book 'Promise of American Life'
==Rights==
==Rights==
Croly called for the adoption of Hamiltonian means to achieve Jeffersonian ends. To achieve this synthesis, however, Croly rejected Hamilton's arguments for institutional checks on a pure national democracy, and Jefferson's arguments for limited government. Croly rejected these limits because he saw them as too closely tied to the doctrine of individual rights. Croly wanted to transcend the doctrine of individual rights in order to create a national political community, one that would be forged by a strong but democratic national government. Howewer, Croly failed to see the connection between Jefferson's belief in democracy and his belief in limited government, and he failed to see the connection between Hamilton's belief in a strong national government and his call for institutional checks on democracy. Thus, although many American reform movements have their roots in the rhetoric of Croly's progressivism, to be effective they have had to accommodate the principles of liberal individualism that Croly wished to eradicate.<ref>David K. Nichols, "The Promise of Progressivism: Herbert Croly and the Progressive Rejection of Individual Rights" ''Publius'' 1987 17(2): 27-39</ref>
Croly called for the adoption of Hamiltonian means to achieve Jeffersonian ends. To achieve this synthesis, however, Croly rejected Hamilton's arguments for institutional checks on a pure national democracy, and Jefferson's arguments for limited government. Croly rejected these limits because he saw them as too closely tied to the doctrine of individual rights. Croly wanted to transcend the doctrine of individual rights in order to create a national political community, one that would be forged by a strong but democratic national government. Howewer, Croly failed to see the connection between Jefferson's belief in democracy and his belief in limited government, and he failed to see the connection between Hamilton's belief in a strong national government and his call for institutional checks on democracy. Thus, although many American reform movements have their roots in the rhetoric of Croly's progressivism, to be effective they have had to accommodate the principles of liberal individualism that Croly wished to eradicate.<ref>David K. Nichols, "The Promise of Progressivism: Herbert Croly and the Progressive Rejection of Individual Rights" ''Publius'' 1987 17(2): 27-39</ref>
==Influence==
Croly's book ''The Promise of American Life'' was sent by his friend [[Learned Hand]] to [[Theodore Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8EmE-nR02RMC&pg=PA14|last1=Jordan|first1=Constance|title=Reason and Imagination: The Selected Correspondence of Learned Hand|date=2013|publisher=OUP USA|pages=14–15}}</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Dexter, Byron. "Herbert Croly and the Promise of American Life," ''Political Science Quarterly,'' Vol. 70, No. 2 (Jun., 1955), pp. 197-218 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2145222 in JSTOR]
* Dexter, Byron. "Herbert Croly and the Promise of American Life," ''Political Science Quarterly,'' Vol. 70, No. 2 (Jun., 1955), pp. 197-218 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2145222 in JSTOR]