There are common ideas and beliefs in the Bill of Rights and President Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech. Roosevelt believed that it was important for the US to defend democracy for other nations in peril. If we did not he warned that our own democracy and freedoms would also be threatened. President Roosevelt wanted people the U.S. and other countries to have four basic freedoms that include freedom of speech and religion, freedom from fear,and from want in order to live peacefully. These ideas are reflected in the Bill of Rights.…
Freedom is something not a lot of places are fortunate to have, but luckily in America everyone has the right to freedom. What if your freedom was taken away, leaving you helpless? Sadly enough that is how many people feel, and how many people live. Sometimes you have to fight for your freedom no matter what the situation is. Two examples that show this include the texts “The Boys Who Fought” and “Holocaust Survivor Stories” show how many people during World War 2 were deprived of their freedom.…
Four Freedoms Park, a shrine to former US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lies at the southern tip of Roosevelt Island bordered by the choppy waters of the East River on both sides. The park itself is triangular shaped and compact, as it narrows and ultimately cumulates to a bronze figurehead of FDR himself which marks the entrance to an open aired room made entirely of white marble. The room which is enshrined with a portion of FDR’s Four Freedoms speech and creates an open space which leaves the viewer with room to contemplate not only the legacy of FDR himself but also the impact of his Four Freedoms speech on the American public and on the world as it is known today. The park is abstract, but majestic and poignant nonetheless, it gives…
In the speech the four freedoms the main topic was mainly about convincing the american people why they should go to war. This was around the 1941 when theodore gave his speech the four freedoms. The reason was that their was a war going on, not no ordinary war it was [world war 2]. During the time period the US was not being attacked but Roosevelt was afraid that the US would be attacked by the germans. Also roosevelt pointed out that we (the american people) were vulnerable.…
Both Roosevelt's “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy's Inaugural address about the freedom all around the world, However, Roosevelt's speech talks about having the freedom of more weapons, whereas Kennedyś speech talks about how he wants everyone to come together at peaceful solutions. “Four Freedoms” from Roosevelt's speech and Inaugural address from Kennedy's speech is a perspective of freedom and what they think is right. They both talk about freedom but they both have a different perspective of things and taking care of it. Roosevelt is wanting more weapons to take care of thing. Where Kennedy wants everyone to come together at a peaceful matter the take care or the situation.…
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” Patrick Henry’s famous words still remain in history to influence our country, but many Americans generally neglect this phrase. We often take our freedom for granted without understanding how our Founding Fathers fought for our liberty from Britain. As Americans, we should respect our country and the freedom and rights given to us. We shouldn’t take this for granted because so many people around the world are unfortunate to not have this gift that most of us were born with or given.…
The fourth and final freedom was the freedom from fear, which means everyone may live peacefully without fear of dying. Despite Americans holding these freedoms so dearly to their hearts, events during the war changed their views. For example, the Nazis’ values exemplified anti-semitism which inflamed pre existing discrimination…
The “freedom from fear” is both an equal amount of concern for both men and women from when President Roosevelt made the speech “The Four Freedoms” to when President Obama’s gave Welcome Remarks to Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom. “Freedom from fear” can happen to anyone of any gender or any race because when the whole economy is trying to gain freedom everyone is affected and want to gain their own freedom. In President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s speech “The Four Freedoms” he wanted to address four common freedoms that everyone should work to get. In making this speech President Roosevelt never specifically called out one gender to work for their four freedoms, everyone was involved.…
Freedom is probably the most important right that a person can have, but everyone in a time we forgot its value. In recent times we have appreciate acts of people or groups that wanted to take people’s freedom, by force or in their minds, a great example can be the Nazis when in 1939 starter a war, because they wanted to take away freedom from some people and exterminated. In the book Anthem we can see how the leaders of the society tried to take freedom away from people by not letting them choose by their own, taking away their thinking, destroying their minds by occulting the truth which is why you have freedom.…
People have rights to choose what they want or what they do, and many people mentioned freedom. For example, Harrison Bergeron short story explains that people who were in the story were not free because all smart people were controlled by the government, and if people ignore government’s rules, they would be suicided. Additionally, Nelson Mandela try his best in order to gain rights for people and make them happy. Also, people who have not…
“In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.…
The basic idea of the four freedoms has changed drastically from the times of the 1940s to the current time we are living in now. In the 1940s, the freedoms that people were promised to receive weren’t for all people of different races and they were different from what the four freedoms had to offer the common good of society compared to our time now. In present time, people are more accepted for who they are and what race they are. Also, almost everyone in America has the privilege to enjoy the perks of what the four freedoms promises Americans. As a nation the meaning of the four freedoms has changed overtime and the people’s tolerance of each other no matter what race, skin color, or where they are from has…
In his "Four Freedoms" speech, President Franklin Roosevelt cited four different rights that he considered to be freedoms that every human has: the freedom of speech, the freedom of religious worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear. Although he did not take these freedoms directly from the Bill of Rights, there are several similarities between the rights listed by Roosevelt and the rights listed in the U.S. Constitution. First of all, the first freedom presented by the president, the freedom of speech, resembles the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, which states that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right...to assemble, and to petition the Government." Both inherently convey the idea that every human has the right to say and express anything they want. Likewise, both Roosevelt's second freedom and…
Freedom is a difficult concept to grasp. Americans no longer believe that they have freedom. There is a negative connotation the goes along with it. People risk their lives everyday to ensure freedom for every citizen in the United States, yet they still complain. The authors within this essay summarize the idea of freedom, “When we face decisions involving…
You ask me "What freedom means to me? " I don't really think about these things. Now that I am I think that I have something to say about it. Freedom is something that shouldn't be taken for granted. Freedom for me is something we abuse. For example freedom of speech we use that like its nothing people in other places don't have that freedom. Most people don't think about freedom as we do stuff during are day. We don't usually think "How did we get our freedom? " well that's a good question. People fought for are freedom we don't think about that, people risked their lives for us. There are still people who risk their lives for freedom people who can't do what we do, people who don't have equality. They cant say what they want or do what they want. I couldn't imagine myself without freedom not being able to say what I want or do.…
