I get exasperated at people who squawk (Donald Duck)
Line drawing of Donald Duck in a sailor cap saluting, with the quotation 'I get exasperated at people who squawk' signed donald duck. The tell is a cartoon character used as the speaker: the character's popularity is lent to a request that civilians stop complaining.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Appreciate America, Inc. (Chicago)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- Home front
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Appreciate America, Inc. (Chicago). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-414C (NAID 513868).
Text on the object
APPRECIATE ★ AMERICA "I GET EXASPERATED AT PEOPLE WHO SQUAWK" donald duck ©WDP RED FOR COURAGE WHITE FOR HONOR BLUE FOR JUSTICE [imprint:] COPYRIGHT 1941. APPRECIATE AMERICA INC., 130 NO. WELLS ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
