If you're free to worship God, these 3 other freedoms will follow
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George Pitcher2022-12-09T17:02:00
This year’s Reith Lectures are themed around Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Get the second one right, and the others will take care of themselves, says George Pitcher
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