This was one of FDR's favorite statements of the Allied Aims. They consisted of: freedom of speech, freedom of warship, freedom of want, and freedom from fear. The actual idea came from a picture made by Norman Rockwell, portraying different values of American life.
Follow @TIME. For our happiness issue, TIME conducted a poll to find out what Americans do to find joy. Overall, 59% of respondents said they were happy most of the time, about the same percentage of those surveyed by TIME in 2004 when 61% said they were happy. But fewer people said they considered themselves optimists in 2013, 50%, as compared to 2004 when 79% called themselves optimists.
Itâs not looking too good, according to author Dana Adam Shapiro. In an interview with Buzzfeed.com, he breaks it down: âI think 17% of marriages are happy. Fifty percent of marriages end, and of marriages that stay together, I think a third are happy, a third are happy enough, and a third are unhappy.â.