Four Freedoms Speech And Kennedy's Inaugural Address

“American power remains today what it was in the Second World War and the Cold War: the greatest force for freedom in the world” a quote from a man in the U.S named Elliot Abrams. Elliot Abrams was in fact a man who supervised U.S. policy in the Middle East for the White House. Having the guts to represent the people and stand for a side America didn’t care for, like Roosevelt and Kennedy. Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech and Kennedy’s Inaugural Address spoke about how freedom is important and as a country we need to help our country and others at our own sacrifice. However Roosevelt's speech was asking people to abandon the neutrality policy and send supplies and other aid to U.S allies. Whereas Kennedy’s speech wanted people to not use nuclear war and to consider the options. For freedom should be free to everyone, but men will use force than peace to gain power. During Roosevelt’s “Four Freedoms” speech a war was occuring over in europe. World War 2 to be exact. Beginning at 1939 to 1945 war was about, with Adolf

In his Inaugural Address he said, that he would bear any burden, pay any price, and the hardship, to oppose any foe and success of liberty(Kennedy.5). This meant that he was to do as much as he possibly could to ensure and spread freedom around the world. Because European countries wanted a communist country which was to have all of your property owned not by you but everyone. Since there was no freedom or constitution Kennedy’s wasn’t going to approve of this idea. President Kennedy also stated, “...those who foolishly sought power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside.” (Kennedy.8). He stated something very powerful with how the Nuclear attacks were occurring then that he said, that people who want power and use force will be destroyed before he can control