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freedom from want



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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

When Nazi Germany threatened the Western democracies, Franklin D. Roosevelt said the stakes were nothing so much as achieving for all Americans his Four Freedoms — including freedom from want and fear.

From Washington Post

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




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