FDR was a seductive figure and an effervescent one: to encounter him, said Churchill, was like opening your first bottle of champagne.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt died 75 years ago today. FDR was the most important statesman of the 20th century. He saved American democracy from the Depression, led the Allies to victory over fascism, won four consecutive presidential elections, and did all this with a broken body.
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‘There is a mysterious cycle in human events,’ FDR believed. ‘To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.’
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I hope that this generation of Americans keeps its rendezvous. I am sorry they will receive no succour or inspiration from a president who is so unworthy of the great office he holds.
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I am a great fan of FDR
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For a view into what may have happened if the great FDR had lost the 1940 election, see the excellent and recently released “The Plot Against America”.
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Sir,FDR may be a great statesman of the 20th century.But do you support his decision to go with the British Empire,which executed nearly 31 famines during 200 years of it's rule? Note:The British ruled all those countries except for the ones painted in Purplepic.twitter.com/YhwaRuO0Cw
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FDR read prolifically on military, economic, and diplomatic policy. His personal library held more than 22,000 volumes, with particular space dedicated to historical biographies and narratives. It was said he held an extreme empathy for the nation’s poor and underprivileged.
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