FDR and the "Four Freedoms" Speech

During the time that this speech was given (January 6, 1941), the United States was on the brink of entering World War II. I believe that the thesis of this address to Congress was to prove that it was the United States' duty to enter the Second World War. This is a good thesis because it leaves room for people to be able to debate it. Many Americans probably just looked at the war with a vague idea of why America should be even considering it as an option. With the Great Depression still affecting the nation, I can imagine that I would feel the exact same way. FDR took it upon himself to give reasons supporting his claim with the hope that he would tug on a few skeptical heart strings in the process. However, if this were a paper, I don't think that we would regard it as greatly developed. In that instance, the thesis and the way the supporting evidence is given, as it relates to the paper, would not be so good.