"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...

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...

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...