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

Date: 1941
Period: Second World War
Made by: Office of War Information
Region: North America
Country: United States
Medium: Poster
Issuer type: State
Regime: Roosevelt Administration
Leader: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Audience: Domestic public
Purpose: Persuade or win support
Themes: War and the military, Home front
Event: World War II
Regime: Roosevelt administration
Leader: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Source: Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
Rights: Public domain (U.S. government work)
Office of War Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-189 (NAID 513635).

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