The Four Freedoms 

On January 1, 1941, as the Great Depression waned and the United States’ agonized over the war in Europe, President Roosevelt outlined four freedoms in his State of the Union address. The purpose was to establish the reason for civilization; to establish the foundational freedoms that drive governance and our civil interactions. As Clyde Klockhohn opined: “No nation can exist for long as a nation unless there is some discoverable core of common purpose.” 

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential freedoms.