Reviewing the Four Freedoms

In his State of the Union Address of January 6, 1941, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to provide
Lend-Lease assistance to the United Kingdom. To strengthen
his appeal, FDR traced a vision of “a world founded upon four
essential human freedoms.”
“The Four Freedoms” eventually became shorthand for the
war aims of the Allies in their struggle with fascism. The power
of The Four Freedoms did not, however, rest on the President's
words alone. They were elaborated in speeches, articles,
sermons, books, music, and paintings, and a private-public
campaign brought them to millions at home and abroad.