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Four Freedoms. In his message to Congress proposing lend-lease legislation (Jan. 6, 1941), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt stated that Four Freedoms should prevail everywhere in the world—freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These were substantially incorporated (Aug., 1941) in the Atlantic Charter Atlantic Charter (ətlătĭk, ăt–) ..... Click the link for more information. . Four FreedomsEssential social and political objectives described by Pres. Franklin Roosevelt in his State of the Union message in January 1941: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear of physical aggression. He called for the last freedom to be achieved through a “worldwide reduction in armaments.” In August 1941 he and Winston Churchill included the four freedoms in the Atlantic Charter. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Rockwell's paintings of the Four Freedoms were inspired by President Franklin Roosevelt's 1943 address to Congress. In his second inaugural address, Bush accepted the validity of Roosevelt's concept of Four Freedoms. Wouldn't you think that giving full employment, education opportunities, judicial equalities and the four freedoms, that the Palestinians would overwhelmingly vote for a democracy? |
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