On 6 January, President Roosevelt delivered his ‘Four Freedoms’
declaration during his State of the Union Address. In it, he
declared that people around the world had the freedom of speech and
religion as well as the freedom from want and fear. To ensure that
peoples of the world had a right to such freedoms Roosevelt boldly
proposed“a world-wide reduction of armaments” so that“no nation
will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression
against any neighbour anywhere in the world.”
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Richert, Lucas Paul. "Roosevelt gives “Four Freedoms” speech". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5619, accessed 26 November 2024.]
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