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The #FourFreedoms were articulated by Pres. Franklin #Roosevelt (#FDR) in a #StateOfTheUnion on #ThisDayInHistory in 1941. They are: #FreedomOfSpeech, #FreedomOfWorship, #FreedomFromWant, & #FreedomFromFear, the third one meaning a high #StandardOfLiving everywhere in the world.

Neljor Sa Nov 18

The work of Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, Freedom From Fear and the United Nations, posits that liberation from fear necessitates a deep engagement with the very origins of suffering. He argues that fear is rooted in the anticipation of suffering, which itself arises from factors such as ignorance, diminished personal and collective power, and the breakdown of interdependence. Sfeir-Younis critiques contemporary economic and social systems for often perpetuating fear to achieve material gains, emphasizing that true freedom requires a fundamental transformation across multiple societal levels, advocating for a crucial shift from competition to cooperation, from material accumulation to spiritual growth, and from individualistic pursuits to a shared vision of collective well-being, positioning the United Nations as a key actor in facilitating these profound global transformations.

🔗 https://www.neljorsa.com/freedom-from-fear-and-the-united-nations/

#SpiritualGrowth #FreedomFromFear #CollectiveWellbeing #GlobalTransformation #Interdependence #CompetitionToCooperation

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Sep 23

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

It is not only in war, however, that we fight for freedom. One fights for freedom in personal contacts and in many phases of civilian life. When the war is over, the four freedoms will not have been won, we shall simply have dominated their more aggressive enemies. At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom from fear, and freedom from want — for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war. At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want — for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-04-15), “My Day”

More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/58…

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Councilmember David Newman Jun 28, 2025

Today community leaders from across Ventura County – representing the government, education, business, labor, agriculture, healthcare, and faith communities – spoke in support of immigrant families in the wake of fear and uncertainty caused by ongoing ICE raids here.

Carmen Ramirez, in whose memorial rose garden elected leaders are pictured here, would have wanted us to speak out. I am so proud of my colleagues.

#immigration #ice #publicsafety #freedomfromfear #allmeansall #venturacounty

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 5, 2025

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

   In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
   The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world.
   The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world.
   The third is freedom from want — which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world.
   The fourth is freedom from fear — which, translated into world terms, means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor — anywhere in the world.
   That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
Speech (1941-01-06) to Congress, Annual Message (State of the Union), “Four Freedoms,” Washington, D. C.

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

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