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title: A Model Democracy - Czechoslovakia
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cz-a-model-democracy-leaflet-1939/
description: Leaflet page 5 with a photograph of T. G. Masaryk reading, the national coat of arms with the motto 'Pravda Vitezi', a peasant scene.
section: Collection
---

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# A Model Democracy - Czechoslovakia

Leaflet page 5 with a photograph of T. G. Masaryk reading, the national coat of arms with the motto 'Pravda Vitezi', a peasant scene, and text on the vote, free speech and no press censorship. The tell is that the rights are listed as a flat assertion ('like ourselves') in virtue terms, with Masaryk's name and the motto as the voucher and no figures or dated cases.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
A MODEL DEMOCRACY

Like ourselves the Czechoslovaks had all the rights of free citizens. Every man and woman had the vote for the two Houses of Parliament. Everyone could speak and write freely; there was no press censorship; trades and professions were open to the qualified. Freedom of religion was complete and guaranteed by the Constitution.

Thomas G. Masaryk was the liberator and first President of Czechoslovakia. A great European and a close friend of England he chose the famous motto of John Hus-"TRUTH PREVAILS"-for the national coat of arms.

To-day Czechoslovak democracy is crushed by the Nazis and gangster rule prevails.

1 Masaryk the Liberator, who with friends in England and America prepared for the deliverance of Czechoslovakia in 1918.
2 The national coat of arms with the old motto "Pravda Vitezi"-"Truth Prevails."
3 Masaryk, man of the people.

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