This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights--among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Roosevelt reflects on the foundational political rights that have shaped American democracy.
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