Roosevelt's Four Freedom Speech

Mark Twain: You decided to take support in the Panamanian’s rebellion against the Columbians by dispatching our United States Navy warships to the waters off of the land of Panama.

Freedom has been the central belief of America since the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Since this day, America has worked hard to keep the idea that America is the “land of the free.” However, throughout the construction of this nation, freedom was defined differently by each person. Freedom to African Americans meant liberty from enslavement and land ownership. Freedom to Europeans meant freedom of religion and government. Freedom was not equally given to everyone in this nation. Although America is known to be the land of opportunity, people such as African Americans and Native Americans did not experience those opportunities and the definition of freedom equally with white Americans. (EMPHASIZE THESIS)

To start off, fear is a primal instinct that all animals feel, including humans. Fear usually is not fun for most people because we feel like there is an impeding doom about to come crashing down. The current President of The United States and past one tried to decrease our fear, but some people have more to be concerned about. These people are usually the poor. The past President I am speaking of is Franklin Roosevelt and his speech that helped decrease the people 's fear was “The Four Freedoms”. While Obama 's speech was “Welcoming Remarks” to Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom. While these two speeches had differences they also had many similarities.

“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission,” said John F. Kennedy during his “Buildup of Arms in Cuba” speech. Freedom can mean a lot of things to many different people. To some, freedom is the power to act, speak, or think as one desires. John F. Kennedy expressed freedom as the will of the people. To me, freedom is expensive, rare, and absolutely necessary to America.

Americans felt heartbroken when their homes were under attack. In the two speeches, both Roosevelt and Bush expressed how they felt and their ideas based on the two attacks on America. Their ideas will be expressed through tone, purpose, and audience.

In “The Four Freedoms” by Franklin D. Rosevelt, he states that the United States is destined to get into another war because they have to protect their four major freedoms, which are speech and expression, freedom of every person to worship God in his own way, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In this speech, Franklin D. Rosevelt emphasizes his interest to bring all of these freedoms that the United States is fighting for to the entire world. In his speech he also states “I find it, unhappily, necessary to report

In “Nothing to Fear” by Alan Axelrod he explains claims targeting the way President Roosevelt addresses the people in his first Inaugural Address. Axelrod shows Roosevelt explaining to the people of the United States that he has not and will not blink in the face of reality, and does not want the American people to. Alan Axelrod elaborates on numerous claims involving President Roosevelt’s Inaugural Address, which are proven true with pieces of quotations of the address.

When President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms Speech, Americans heard their leader discuss the four freedoms that they should work toward for the future if they wish to

President Roosevelt’s State of the Union Address was so powerful it inspired artist Norman Rockwell to create a seris of four oil paintings that demonstrated what he belived the four freedoms meant. In March 1943, the freedom from want painting was published in The Saturday Evening Post. These painting are still recognized around the world today. But as the years went on and times have changed parodies from the classic Freedom From Want painting have emerged, altering the painting to conform to current generations. Posing the question, has the idea of freedom from want changed throughout the years?

“Never before have I had so little time to do so much” were the great words of 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt who was me! I had the nickname FDR and it is also true that I did so much in so little time. I led the country through the last six years of the Great Depression as well as the furious World War II. I then died on my fourth term because of a cerebral hemorrhage. I was a great president, don’t you agree?

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Those are some of the lines from President FDR’s Inauguration speech. After watching a presidential film on FDR, it is evident why he is named the best president in the history of the United States of America. President Roosevelt led the nation through the greatest war, the greatest depression in history, and significantly prolonged the controls of the federal government through a sequence of programs and reforms known as the New Deal. President FDR was a man of laughter, a man who loved conversation, had a great sense of humor, and he was the man the American people trusted so much they elected him 4 times after first being elected as the 32nd United Stated president in 1933.

Roosevelt state 's, "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The nameless,unreasoning,unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance(Roosevelt). The people were considered the backbone of his nation. Roosevelt 's courageous words to wage the war,followed by his prevailing actions,and the outcoming effects on the people.

Hello Ladan I think that if you watch the video you would like it as well I thought it was so interesting to see how FDR spoke. Bringing together the country the way he did was simply amazing and his tone of speech was very powerful. I think the tone of the German speech was filled with hate against America and fury to take down the country.

The speech I have chosen to write about is the Pearl Harbor Address, also known as the Infamy Speech. On December 7, 1941 the Nation of Japan launched a surprise attack on a naval base, located in Hawaii. On December 8, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt stood before a Joint Session of Congress and spoke of the horrors that had taken place the day before.

“December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy”. This is a phrase that every educated person in America has heard at some point or another. The Japanese bombing of the United States Naval base at Pearl Harbor was an event that every American living in that time period never forgot. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech regarding this attack was equally unforgettable. In total the bombing killed more than 2,300 Americans. Up until this point, the United States was trying to remain in their position as neutral in the conflict. President Roosevelts speech was broadcasted over the radio to announce the tragic news to the distraught citizens of America(cite). Franklin Delano Roosevelt uses his credentials as the beloved president of