Theodore Roosevelt’s main goal as president was to make America the World Power it is today. He did this domestically by breaking up monopolies and making better working condition for the working class. Both men and women benefited by this. Roosevelt supported a minimum wage for all workers. Although he himself was a man of means, he criticized the wealthy class of Americans on two counts. First, continued exploitation of the public could result in an uprising that could derail the system. Second, the captains of industry were arrogant enough to believe themselves superior to those in government. Roosevelt thought that hard work built character and it could turn boys into men.