FDR's First Inaugural Address: Compare and Contrast
FDR's First Inaugural Address: Compare and Contrast
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.'s Summary of FDR
"A second-class intellect. But a first-class temperament." (Source) This quote by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. summarizes precisely why President Roosevelt was the best hope Amer...
Raymond Moley's Shift
Once the head of Roosevelt's nerdy analyst team known as the Brain Trust, Moley grew increasingly opposed to the progressive politics the new president enacted. Although he continued to write speec...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Fireside Chats
Who better to compare to FDR than FDR himself? Any president will give hundreds of speeches during his time in office, but Roosevelt's most memorable ones were delivered directly to the American pe...