Four Freedoms

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doctrine human rights concept political principle

The Four Freedoms are a set of fundamental human rights—freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear—articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his 1941 State of the Union address.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Four Freedoms speech	6
Freedom from Fear	3
Freedom from Want	1
The Four Freedoms series	1
freedom from want	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	doctrine ⓘ human rights concept ⓘ political principle ⓘ
articulatedIn	"Day of Infamy" speech ⓘ surface form: 1941 State of the Union Address
articulatedOn	1941-01-06 ⓘ
associatedWith	American foreign policy ⓘ New Deal Democrat ⓘ surface form: New Deal liberalism World War II Allied war aims ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Four Freedoms Park ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park
commemoratedIn	United Nations human rights discourse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ
declaredBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States ⓘ
emphasizes	civil liberties ⓘ collective security ⓘ economic security ⓘ
formulatedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasInfluenceOn	post-1945 international order ⓘ
hasLegacy	inspiration for postwar human rights framework ⓘ symbol of American values ⓘ
hasMottoLikeStatement	freedom from fear ⓘ freedom from want ⓘ freedom of every person to worship God in his own way ⓘ freedom of speech and expression ⓘ
hasPart	freedom from fear ⓘ Four Freedoms self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: freedom from want freedom of speech ⓘ freedom of worship ⓘ
historicalContext	World War II ⓘ
influenced	Atlantic Charter agreement ⓘ surface form: Atlantic Charter Universal Declaration of Human Rights ⓘ
introducedDuring	Third term of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
languageOfOriginalExpression	English ⓘ
notableDepiction	Four Freedoms series by Norman Rockwell ⓘ
politicalAlignment	liberal internationalism ⓘ
proposedBy	President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
purpose	define fundamental human rights ⓘ
relatedConcept	civil and political rights ⓘ economic, social and cultural rights ⓘ fundamental freedoms ⓘ human rights ⓘ
statedAsGoalFor	people everywhere in the world ⓘ
statedAsUniversal	applies to all nations ⓘ applies to all people ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ
usedAs	wartime propaganda theme ⓘ