Sound recording
White House Audio Collection
JFKWHA-077-002
Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy’s remarks concerning President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address (also known as the Four Freedoms speech) during which President Roosevelt identified four fundamental freedoms that everyone ought to enjoy, including freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. In his speech President Kennedy discusses domestic and cooperative international efforts to ensure the four freedoms, with specific emphasis on disarmament and assistance to newly independent nations.