January 6 in American History
In his State of the Union, President Roosevelt described a world founded on four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. With war raging abroad, he framed what America stood for — and would soon fight for — in four plain phrases.
In 1941: FDR's "Four Freedoms" speech. In his State of the Union, President Roosevelt described a world founded on four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
In his State of the Union, President Roosevelt described a world founded on four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. With war raging abroad, he framed what America stood for — and would soon fight for — in four plain phrases.
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