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Four Freedoms
FOUR FREEDOMSFOUR FREEDOMS. After his election to a third term in 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began to espouse more strongly the cause of Great Britain and its allies in World War II. An indication of this came in a major speech before Congress on 6 January 1941. In that speech, he urged a world founded upon four essential human freedoms: (1) freedom of speech and expression, (2) freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, (3) freedom from want, and (4) freedom from fear. Two of these freedoms—from fear and want—are mentioned as desirable objectives in the Atlantic Charter. Charles S.Campbell/a. g. See alsoForeign Policy ; International Law ; World War II . |
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"Four Freedoms." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Four Freedoms." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401801571.html "Four Freedoms." Dictionary of American History. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3401801571.html |
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms (USA) F. D. Roosevelt's human rights ideals, proclaimed during his third term and intended to emphasize the distinction between the Allied and Axis powers. These ‘four freedoms’ to which Roosevelt committed the USA were freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom of worship, and freedom of speech. Roosevelt used the term to popularize the specific policy of lend-lease intended to aid the British against Hitler, but the idea had grown naturally out of the rhetoric of his third presidential campaign in 1940. The Atlantic Charter committed the Allies to the four freedoms.
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JAN PALMOWSKI. "Four Freedoms." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAN PALMOWSKI. "Four Freedoms." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-FourFreedoms.html JAN PALMOWSKI. "Four Freedoms." A Dictionary of Contemporary World History. 2004. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O46-FourFreedoms.html |
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms. Having won a third term as US president in November 1940, Roosevelt became more openly pro-Allied, and on 6 January 1941 he espoused, in a speech to Congress, four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech; freedom of worship; freedom from want; and freedom from fear. In world terms this last freedom meant a global reduction in armaments so that no nation could commit an act of aggression against another. Two of his points, freedom from fear and from want, were mentioned as desirable objectives in the Atlantic Charter.
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I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Four Freedoms." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Four Freedoms." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-FourFreedoms.html I. C. B. DEAR and M. R. D. FOOT. "Four Freedoms." The Oxford Companion to World War II. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-FourFreedoms.html |
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Four Freedoms
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 . |
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"Four Freedoms." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Four Freedoms." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FourFree.html "Four Freedoms." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-FourFree.html |
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms Expression of war aims in World War II enunciated by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his State of the Union address (January 1941). They were: freedom of speech and worship, and freedom from want and fear. These aims were echoed in the Atlantic Charter (1941).
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"Four Freedoms." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Four Freedoms." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-FourFreedoms.html "Four Freedoms." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-FourFreedoms.html |
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Four Freedoms
Four Freedoms freedom of speech and expression, freedom of religion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear, as presented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address to Congress on January 6, 1941, during World War II.
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"Four Freedoms." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Four Freedoms." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-FourFreedoms.html "Four Freedoms." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-FourFreedoms.html |
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