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title: 'Buy Liberty Bonds: That Government of the People, by the People, for the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-liberty-bonds-lincoln-government-of-the-people-1917/
description: A bronze-toned relief portrait of Abraham Lincoln in profile sits under the heading 'Buy Liberty Bonds' and above a line from the Gettysburg Address
section: Collection
---

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[![Buy Liberty Bonds: That Government of the People, by the People, for the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth, 1917 US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-liberty-bonds-lincoln-government-of-the-people-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-liberty-bonds-lincoln-government-of-the-people-1917.jpg)

# Buy Liberty Bonds: That Government of the People, by the People, for the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth

A bronze-toned relief portrait of Abraham Lincoln in profile sits under the heading 'Buy Liberty Bonds' and above a line from the Gettysburg Address with his facsimile signature. The sheet makes no argument of its own: a purchase request is joined to Lincoln's words about the survival of popular government. The tell is the borrowed authority, a long-dead president's sentence and signature attached to a bond sale.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Testimonial](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/testimonial/) [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BUY
LIBERTY BONDS

"THAT GOVERNMENT OF
THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,
FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT
PERISH FROM THE EARTH"

A. Lincoln.
```

'A. Lincoln.' is a facsimile signature.

[← Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-a-liberty-bond-button-poster/) ['Buy Your Victory Bonds' Canadian Victory Loan poster →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-your-victory-bonds-canada-1917/)

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