Why it matters
The first of Rockwell's Four Freedoms, inspired by Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address. Rockwell felt that this and Freedom of Worship were the most successful of the series.
Did you know?
- It was published in The Saturday Evening Post on 20 February 1943.
- It accompanied an essay by Booth Tarkington.
- The Four Freedoms theme later entered the charter of the United Nations.
Based on the Wikipedia article Freedom of Speech (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
