freedom from want
Example Sentences
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In that speech Roosevelt spoke of “four essential human freedoms”: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want, freedom from fear.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026
Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2022
They employed images of imprisonment, enslavement, and caged animals to drive home the point that freedom from want was, in effect, a form of unfreedom.
From Slate • Nov. 22, 2021
Everything our government stands for — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear — everything starts with public safety.
From Time • Jul. 14, 2017
Branwell wrote about the Four Freedoms of World War II: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
