freedom from fear

Freedom from fear is one of Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, articulated in 1941 as a fundamental human right.

The phrase envisions a world where people live without threat of violence, oppression, or aggression—whether from governments, invaders, or other sources of terror.

It appears in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and remains central to discussions of security and human dignity: Every person deserves freedom from fear in their own home.