Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
Courageousness. Courageousness and confidence and dignity. These are the principles of standard charisma in even the most elusive parts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s mind as he was buckled into a heavy corset with braces that ran from his hips to his heels. Pushing away thoughts of meeting his malevolent driveway headfirst, he stands, feeling the tiresome weight below him and the brutal reminder of his lamentable circumstance. He pictures a different audience than before, one with apathetic smirks and ignorant desertion. In the 1920s, being disabled meant being an outcast: a man …show more content…
When he ran for governor of New York in 1928, he won the vote and remained in office for two terms. Roosevelt accepted his Democratic party nomination proudly and in person, promising a “New Deal” for the American people if elected President. Although not specifying exactly what the New Deal would give, Americans in Hoovervilles rubbed their hands over fires and cheered for a future President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt had dreamed of being President of the United States like his distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Keeping his goals in sight, he led an orderly campaign, reminding the public of his forthcoming New Deal; a symbol of light in a blue chapter of American history. While his traumatic flaw was not wholly hidden from the public, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to ensure a healthy public image that would not succumb the Roosevelt campaign. Roosevelt and his team made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with the press corps to conceal the extent of Roosevelt’s disability. While he wheeled around his Hyde Park home and leaned on friends at crowded dinner parties, the press rather followed Roosevelt sailing up the coast in New England with three of his sons. While Roosevelt’s indications
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
Courageousness. Courageousness and confidence and dignity. These are the principles of standard charisma in even the most elusive parts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s mind as he was buckled into a heavy corset with braces that ran from his hips to his heels. Pushing away thoughts of meeting his malevolent driveway headfirst, he stands, feeling the tiresome weight below him and the brutal reminder of his lamentable circumstance. He pictures a different audience than before, one with apathetic smirks and ignorant desertion. In the 1920s, being disabled meant being an outcast: a man …show more content…
When he ran for governor of New York in 1928, he won the vote and remained in office for two terms. Roosevelt accepted his Democratic party nomination proudly and in person, promising a “New Deal” for the American people if elected President. Although not specifying exactly what the New Deal would give, Americans in Hoovervilles rubbed their hands over fires and cheered for a future President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt had dreamed of being President of the United States like his distant cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Keeping his goals in sight, he led an orderly campaign, reminding the public of his forthcoming New Deal; a symbol of light in a blue chapter of American history. While his traumatic flaw was not wholly hidden from the public, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to ensure a healthy public image that would not succumb the Roosevelt campaign. Roosevelt and his team made a “gentlemen’s agreement” with the press corps to conceal the extent of Roosevelt’s disability. While he wheeled around his Hyde Park home and leaned on friends at crowded dinner parties, the press rather followed Roosevelt sailing up the coast in New England with three of his sons. While Roosevelt’s indications