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title: 'Heroes Day Posters: Quezon, ''the good of mankind'' (English poster distributed in the Philippines)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heroes-day-quezon-good-of-mankind-english-1954/
description: A Heroes Day sheet in two inks, red and black. A large woodcut-style portrait of Manuel L. Quezon fills a red panel above a one-line quotation credited
section: Collection
---

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[![Heroes Day Posters: Quezon, 'the good of mankind', 1954 US poster: A Heroes Day sheet in two inks, red and black](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/heroes-day-quezon-good-of-mankind-english-1954.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/heroes-day-quezon-good-of-mankind-english-1954.jpg)

# Heroes Day Posters: Quezon, 'the good of mankind' (English poster distributed in the Philippines)

A Heroes Day sheet in two inks, red and black. A large woodcut-style portrait of Manuel L. Quezon fills a red panel above a one-line quotation credited by name. The sheet gives no further text. The tell is testimonial with transfer: a revered figure's quotation is attached to the idea of liberty or freedom. The words credited to Quezon are 'the good of mankind should be the ultimate aim of all and every nation.'

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
....the good of mankind should be the ultimate aim of all and every nation.
-Quezon
```

[← Heroes Day Posters: Lincoln, 'All men are created equal' (English poster distributed in Asia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heroes-day-lincoln-all-men-are-created-equal-english-1954/) [Heroes Day Posters: Rizal, 'Without liberty there is no light' (English poster distributed in the Philippines) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/heroes-day-rizal-without-liberty-english-1954/)

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