FDR's Four Freedoms--Freedom of Speech, Freedom to Worship, Freedom
from Want, and Freedom from Fear--were presented to the American
people in his 1941 State of the Union address, and they became the
inspiration for a second bill of rights, extending the New Deal and
guaranteeing work, housing, medical care, and education. Although
the bill never was adopted in a legal sense in this country, its
principles pervaded the political landscape for an entire
generation, including the War on Poverty and the Great Society
reforms of the 1960s. Furthermore, the ideas expressed in the Four
Freedoms speech inspired the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
But since the late 1970s and early 1980s, these freedoms have been
under assault, from presidential administrations of both parties,
economic pressures, and finally, the alleged requirements of
national security. After 9/11, this process accelerated even more
rapidly. The authors address the hard questions of individual
freedom versus national security that are on the minds of Americans
of all political stripes. They bring together the pivotal events,
leaders, policies, and fateful decisions--often path-breaking, more
often ending in folly--that have subverted our constitutional
government from its founding. "You reach the inescapable
conclusion," the authors write, "that the United States is a
warrior nation, has been addicted to war from the start, and is
able to sustain its warfare habit only by mugging American
taxpayers, and believing in its mission as God's chosen."
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