I was born during the Depression in a little community just outside Waco, and I grew up listening to Franklin Roosevelt on the radio.

Ronald Reagan is clearly to television what Franklin Roosevelt was to radio.

Franklin Roosevelt was very concerned about environmental issues.

FDR’s struggle with illness and subsequent metal-filled life are remarkably similar to the story of another great leader who was part robot: Iron Man. FDR, much like Tony Stark, was cocky and arrogant before his life-changing diagnosis, but the years of suffering changed all of that, and he emerged more humble, more fearless, and ready to defend America. Also, FDR wore iron braces and used a wheelchair, which, for the purposes of this comparison, is exactly like a well-armed robot suit.

Franklin Roosevelt was a great leader. He saw how to use the levers of power to affect change.

Meeting Franklin Roosevelt was like opening your first bottle of champagne; knowing him was like drinking it.