The Man He Became Quotes

“Eleanor Roosevelt and others said polio changed Roosevelt, that it made him more compassionate. That may be so. But the first impact of the disease was to call forth elements of his nature that no one had seen before - elements that even he may not have known he possessed. His decision to defy polio was a critical moment in his life - perhaps the critical moment.”
― James Tobin, The Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency: Library Edition