The Four Freedoms

From Wikipedia:

The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people “everywhere in the world” ought to enjoy:

  •     Freedom of speech
  •     Freedom of worship
  •     Freedom from want
  •     Freedom from fear

His inclusion of the latter two freedoms went beyond the traditional US Constitutional values protected by its First Amendment, and endorsed a right to economic security and an internationalist view of foreign policy. They also anticipated what would become known decades later as the “human security” paradigm in social science and economic development.

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Freedoms

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrthefourfreedoms.htm

Update:

https://www.fdrfourfreedomspark.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt_Four_Freedoms_Park

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