The main focus of this episode is President Roosevelt's pivotal State of the Union address in January 1941, in which he shared a vision for a world anchored in four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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Transcripts
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It's American Rewind.
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In January:
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But millions of Americans wanted no part of the fight.
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President Roosevelt knew the country could not sit on the sidelines forever.
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When he delivered his State of the Union address, he told the country what was at stake.
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He laid out a vision for a world founded upon four human freedoms.
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Freedom of speech and expression, freedom of every person to worship God in their own way, freedom of want and.
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Freedom from.
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Fear.
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Which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor anywhere in the world.