Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President by Jonathan Darman

 

Spurred on by finally seeing the movie of the musical ANNIE of all things. Don't know much of the FDR story. This is interesting so far, if a little by-the-numbers on how polio drove him to do it all.

Eleanor would write that Franklin's illness had been "a blessing in disguise, for it gave him strength and courage he had not had before. He had had to think out the fundamentals of living and learn the greatest of all lessons -- infinite patience and never-ending persistence."

from an FDR speech: "We have lost in recent years the economic liberty ot the individual -- this has been swallowed up in specialization of industry, agriculture and distribution and has meant that the cog can only move if the whole machine is in perfect gear."