The freedoms he talked about in his vision would consist of freedom from fear, freedom from want, freedom from speech and freedom of worship. He believed these were the most important because they have always been apart of the American Dream, and the freedom of speech and religion were freedoms protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution. He believed that the freedom of speech and worship were two of the most important parts of the constitution and that they should be expressed all around the world. He believed in the expansion of freedom of speech and he believed that every person has the right to worship god in his own way- all across the world, especially during a time when chaos was present in the world. The third freedom, freedom from want, he believed that every nation deserved economic security and stability which was only possible during peacetime. And for the final freedom, freedom of fear, he wanted 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". This is especially important during this time where the nations' safety was at risk and the world was turning towards another complete World War. He believed that this was very important because the world could not continue on with constant war. This speech gave hope to the Americans and shared a dream founded on the four freedoms.
Roosevelt's speech was directed towards the American citizens, but more importantly had a strong focus on awakening congress of the situation and the dire war calling. Roosevelt strongly believed in abandoning the isolationist policies that were in effect after WW1 and believed in the need to enter war to fight for the universal world freedoms. His speech helped show Congress the need to enter war and helped show the Americans why it would be necessary in order to follow the American beliefs.