The United States has never had another leader like Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died 70 years ago this weekend. Serving for 12 years, far longer than any other president, he had such a profound impact on the nation and the world that he is widely recognized as one of the transformational figures of the 20th Century and one of America's best presidents.
In "No Ordinary Time," historian Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote, "[T]he Roosevelt years had witnessed the most profound social revolution in the country since the Civil War – nothing less than the creation of modern America."
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