President Franklin Roosevelt’s definition of freedom

President Franklin Roosevelt’s definition of freedom
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According to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the two most essential elements of freedom are security and democracy (Roosevelt, 1941). The president observed that America was facing the most significant security threat ever during that moment. While the US has successfully fought against attempts to lock the country from civilization, the country fought through it and gained its freedom and World War I and II. However, the attempt by foreign powers, in this case, the British, to dominate the world through control of Africa, Europe, Asia, and Australia, the British would have the much needed strategic points to attack the US and determine the firepower to use, thereby threatening the security of the United States. Similarly, the British dominating these continents robbed the continents of their democracy. As a result, Roosevelt believed that the dictatorial rule in t...