Hoover v. Rosevelt A liberal favors modification and generally utilizes government involvement to promote social change. On the other hand a conservative has a more traditional viewpoint and tends to oppose change. While President Hoover is commonly thought of as a conservative and President Roosevelt a liberal the disarray and the status of the nation gave them no time to decipher their tendencies. It was through their recourse and reforms that we can now say …showed first 75 words of 859 total…

…showed last 75 words of 859 total…known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to changing time… I am that kind of conservative because I am that kind of liberal" (Document G). Hoover changed to keep it the same, to keep the tradition, to conserve the nation. Roosevelt changed to make it better, to help the common man, to restore liberty. Thus, deriving the terms that Roosevelt was a liberal and Hoover a conservative.