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title: Quezon, August 19, 1878 (English poster distributed in the Philippines)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/quezon-august-19-1878-english-1950/
description: A yellow poster headed 'Quezon August 19, 1878', the birth date of Manuel L. Quezon. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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# Quezon, August 19, 1878 (English poster distributed in the Philippines)

A yellow poster headed 'Quezon August 19, 1878', the birth date of Manuel L. Quezon. A large pencil-style portrait of a man in an open-collared shirt fills the left, with three smaller sketches above (two men at a desk, one speaking). A quotation in his name reads: 'I had devoted my whole life to securing for them not the name or the form, but the substance and the essence of Liberty.' The tell is testimonial: a national figure's own words carry the message, with 'Liberty' as the unspecific virtue word.

## 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

```
QUEZON AUGUST 19, 1878

"I had devoted my whole life to securing for them not the name or the form, but the substance and the essence of Liberty."

[signature:] Manuel Quezon
[boxed mark:] PRO
```

[← Operations: Help Juan (English poster, a Jaycee project, distributed in the Philippines)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/operations-help-juan-jaycee-philippines-1950/) [Rizal Died for You: Be Worthy of Him (English poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/rizal-died-for-you-be-worthy-of-him-english-1950-1955/)

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