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title: From the Declaration of Independence
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/from-the-declaration-of-independence-1941/
description: 'Text-only blue sheet quoting three founding passages: the Declaration of Independence on equality and unalienable rights, the First Amendment.'
section: Collection
---

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# From the Declaration of Independence

Text-only blue sheet quoting three founding passages: the Declaration of Independence on equality and unalienable rights, the First Amendment, and the Thirteenth Amendment. There is no image, issuer or date. The technique is transfer: the authority of founding documents is placed on the sheet without comment.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
From the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

From the Constitution, the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

From the Constitution, the Thirteenth Amendment:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
```

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