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title: The most you can save is the least you can do. Buy war bonds or stamps every pay day
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/most-you-can-save-buy-war-bonds-1941/
description: Long horizontal banner in red, white and blue stripes carrying the slogan 'The most you can save is the least you can do'.
section: Collection
---

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[![The most you can save is the least you can do. Buy war bonds or stamps every pay day, 1941 US poster: Long horizontal banner](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/most-you-can-save-buy-war-bonds-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/most-you-can-save-buy-war-bonds-1941.jpg)

# The most you can save is the least you can do. Buy war bonds or stamps every pay day

Long horizontal banner in red, white and blue stripes carrying the slogan 'The most you can save is the least you can do', then 'Buy War Bonds or Stamps Every Pay Day'. It pairs a duty-framed slogan with a regular-payment ask, using national colours and no image. The sheet is a photographed strip with uneven colour.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
THE MOST YOU CAN SAVE IS THE LEAST YOU CAN DO
BUY WAR BONDS
OR STAMPS EVERY PAY DAY
```

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