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title: 'Ours... to fight for: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ours-to-fight-for-four-freedoms-on-one-sheet-1941/
description: 'Four-panel sheet reproducing the Four Freedoms paintings under the heading ''Ours... to fight for'': a man speaking at a meeting, faces in prayer.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Ours... to fight for: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear, 1941 US poster: Four-panel](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ours-to-fight-for-four-freedoms-on-one-sheet-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/ours-to-fight-for-four-freedoms-on-one-sheet-1941.jpg)

# Ours... to fight for: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship, Freedom from Want, Freedom from Fear

Four-panel sheet reproducing the Four Freedoms paintings under the heading 'Ours... to fight for': a man speaking at a meeting, faces in prayer, a family dinner table and parents beside sleeping children, captioned Freedom of Speech, Worship, Want and Fear. Abstract war aims are shown through ordinary domestic scenes (glittering generalities with concrete imagery). The scan is a low-resolution transparency.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
OURS... to fight for
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Worship
[illegible] ACCORDING TO THE [illegible] OF HIS OWN [illegible]
Freedom from Want
Freedom from Fear
```

[← An Ostrich Only Thinks He Covers Up](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ostrich-hidden-mistakes-cost-lives-1941/) [Ours... to fight for: Freedom from Fear →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ours-to-fight-for-freedom-from-fear-1941/)

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