And what’s more, they’re deeply rooted in what historian Eric Foner has called the “master narrative” of American history: freedom. “True individual freedom cannot exist without economic ...

On July 4, 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt celebrated American Independence Day with a radio address that praised democracy while warning against the dangers of authoritarianism.

Then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the remark during his "Four Freedoms" speech in 1941, days before beginning his third term.

Crucially, FDR’s freedoms from want and fear implied that an active federal government would help Americans achieve economic stability and basic security, at a time when life felt precarious.

President Joe Biden reached back in history in his recent State of the Union address, citing a January 1941 speech in which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called on America to reject ...

President Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to rally Americans to defend democracy against Nazi Germany in 1941. President Biden said democracy is again threatened.