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title: There Is Too Much Loose Talk
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-too-much-loose-talk-serve-in-silence-1939/
description: A white arrow bearing the Canadian coat of arms points down through the words 'There is too much loose talk about navy, army.
section: Collection
---

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[![There Is Too Much Loose Talk, 1939 Canada poster: A white arrow bearing the Canadian coat of arms points down through](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-too-much-loose-talk-serve-in-silence-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/canada-too-much-loose-talk-serve-in-silence-1939.jpg)

# There Is Too Much Loose Talk

A white arrow bearing the Canadian coat of arms points down through the words 'There is too much loose talk about navy, army, air force and production matters in Canada'. The closing line calls silence 'the duty of every citizen in or out of uniform', a duty-word appeal with no specific harm shown (glittering-generalities).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD TAKE A PART IN THE WAR EFFORT

THERE IS TOO MUCH
LOOSE TALK
ABOUT
NAVY, ARMY, AIR FORCE
& PRODUCTION MATTERS
IN CANADA

TO SERVE IN SILENCE IS
THE DUTY OF EVERY CITIZEN
IN OR OUT OF UNIFORM

ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, UNDER AUTHORITY OF HON. J. T. THORSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL WAR SERVICES, OTTAWA. PRINTED IN CANADA AG-12EL
```

[← To Victory! With Our Help](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-to-victory-with-our-help-aircraft-production-1939/) [Travail précis -- Riposte à l'ennemi \[Precise work: a reply to the enemy\] (Canadian poster in French) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/canada-travail-precis-riposte-a-lennemi-french-1939/)

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