he only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith" (Freedman 1990, p. 492).When you think about all the amazing accomplishments of one man, it is easy to understand why Franklin Delano Roosevelt will always be among the most remembered United States Presidents. He not only faced the truth himself, but made the rest of the country face it as well. Roosevelt had the incredible ability to look truth in the face and deal with it as best as he could. "He left behind him a country that had greatly changed from what it was in 1932" (Johnson 1967, p. 384). Besides that, Roosevelt left Americans a story about history that will always interest them. "It is more than a tale that is just told for fun; it is one of our legends" (Johnson 1967, p. 385).President Roosevelt lived quite a life. Besides being a wonderful father to his children, a loving husband to his wife, and fighting an endless battle with polio, FDR lead a nation through many difficult obstacles and to tremendous heights with more strength and confidence, and that in itself made him a great man. But what made Roosevelt even more of a man was his ability to not only help others, but make the American nation believe in themselves as individuals. For he once told his nation, "True individual freedom cannot exist without security and independence" (Freedman 1990, p. 494). That quality was his real claim for being known as the man that he was....
