Boston: FDR’s legacy is more than big government
Like Reagan and now Trump, FDR sought to shape the presidency to the needs of the moment.
In making assessments of presidential legacies, Harry Truman aptly concluded, “It takes 50 years for the dust to settle.” Franklin D. Roosevelt died 80 years ago Saturday, on April 12, 1945, at the age of 63. The dust is fully settled on Roosevelt’s place in history, and now is as good a time as any to recognize how the evaluation of his time in the Oval Office should impact our assessments of his successors.
