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title: Credo (English-language poster distributed in Asia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/credo-committee-for-good-government-english-1953/
description: An English-language sheet under a blue sky with the title 'Credo' in red lettering and an illuminated initial.
section: Collection
---

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[![Credo, 1953 US poster: An English-language sheet under a blue sky with the title 'Credo' in red lettering and an illuminated](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/credo-committee-for-good-government-english-1953.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/credo-committee-for-good-government-english-1953.jpg)

# Credo (English-language poster distributed in Asia)

An English-language sheet under a blue sky with the title 'Credo' in red lettering and an illuminated initial. Eight numbered statements, beginning 'I, believing in God, country, brotherhood of men of goodwill and in the processes of democracy', cover faith, freedom, equal justice, government as servant of the people, duty to country, dignity of labor, social justice and citizen vigilance. A man, woman and child stand in silhouette. The tell is glittering-generalities, with a family as plain-folks.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
CREDO

I, believing in God, country, brotherhood of men of goodwill and in the processes of democracy, do hereby profess that

1- Faith in God is the force and shelter of life;
2- Freedom is the paramount essential in the life of mankind;
3- Equal justice under law, equally administered and equally enforced for rich and poor alike, for government official and private citizen must be upheld;
4- Government is the servant of the people, not the master, obeying the will of the majority and protecting the minority;
5- It is the duty of every man to serve his country, placing service to country above personal interest, party, friend or kin;
6- The dignity of labor-- no matter how menial --must be respected in a free enterprise system wherein the rights of employer and employee are equally protected;
7- Social and economic justice are the best guarantees of peace; and
8- The eternal vigilance of the citizen is the best guarantee of good government.

Committee for Good Government
```

[← Go to it, boy... It's all yours (radiogram to Chiang)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/berryman-go-to-it-boy-its-all-yours-1953/) [The New Government of the United States (Chinese poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/new-government-of-the-us-chinese-1953/)

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