Empire of Liberty

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The Empire of Liberty is a theme developed first by Thomas Jefferson to identify America's world responsibility to spread freedom across the globe. Jefferson saw America's mission in terms of setting an example, expansion into the west, and by intervention abroad. Major exponents of the theme have been Abraham Lincoln (in the Gettysburg Address), Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson (and "Wilsonianism"), Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.

In the History of U.S. foreign policy the Empire of Liberty has provided motivation to fight the Spanish American War (1898), World War I (1917), the latter part of World War II (1941), the Cold War (1947-1991) and the War on Terror (2001-present).

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