Franklin Roosevelt - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Franklin Roosevelt Index / People Transcripts Wilma Liebman ...came about because of a compromise that FDR [Franklin D. Roosevelt] had to mak... ...because of a compromise that FDR [ Franklin D. Roosevelt ] had to make with the Souther... ...time at the NLRB? No. It's not like FDR and Frances Perkins. This is a trul... ...independent agency. Whether, back in FDR 's time, he had interaction with th... Jon Favreau ...to for guidance? Yes, I read a lot of Franklin Roosevelt , read a lot of radio addresses. ... ...that?? So I would go back to a lot of FDR [Franklin D. Roosevelt]. It is helpfu... ...So I would go back to a lot of FDR [ Franklin D. Roosevelt ]. It is helpful to go back to pas... ...sound like he's doing an impression of FDR or an impression of John F. Kennedy... ...I don't. I think we just talked about FDR and the parallels of what he was facin... ...continue the tradition of people like FDR and his cousin Teddy Roosevelt and tak... Show more... Zeke Emanuel ...probably the greatest legislator, minus [Franklin D.] Roosevelt , of all history in America. That'... Cody Keenan ...it with the rest of us— “Go read some FDR from—this would have been a year or tw... ...The parallels aren't exact because FDR took office two years—I think tw... ...it, clearly. He told us to look at FDR . He hired Christy Romer to run th... ...year? Reassuring, because that's what FDR did, but also realistic and practical... ...did, but also realistic and practical. FDR , again, had the benefit of—I don'... Dan Tarullo ...approach, the same approach that Franklin Roosevelt took in the fall of 1932 through Marc... Sarah Hurwitz ...passionate about politics. She was a [Franklin D.] Roosevelt Democrat, way back in the day. Politic... Mona Sutphen ...be the most productive president since [Franklin D.] Roosevelt —which is part of the reasons wh... Anna Deavere Smith ...a grand presidential oratory. Probably FDR [Franklin D. Roosevelt] being among th... ...presidential oratory. Probably FDR [ Franklin D. Roosevelt ] being among the best of that, gettin... ...the country to—when you listen to an FDR speech, you can see that it sounds lik... ...to come along—the way I'm talking about FDR getting the country to waltz with him... Otis Moss Jr. ...S.] Truman never stopped learning. [Franklin D.] Roosevelt never stopped learning, and Lyndo... James Clyburn ...most Democrats, I'm not a big fan of Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal.” And I told them, ... ...telling them that I knew enough about Franklin Roosevelt 's deals with Southern states to pas... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Democrats Democrats