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title: Strong in the strength of the Lord we who fight in the people's cause will never stop until that cause is won
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/strong-in-the-strength-of-the-lord-owi-poster-8-1942/
description: 'Painting of three pairs of arms against a red field: one gripping a rifle with a bayonet, one a pipe wrench in a work glove.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Strong in the strength of the Lord we who fight in the people's cause will never stop until that cause is won, 1942 US](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/strong-in-the-strength-of-the-lord-owi-poster-8-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/strong-in-the-strength-of-the-lord-owi-poster-8-1942.jpg)

# Strong in the strength of the Lord we who fight in the people's cause will never stop until that cause is won

Painting of three pairs of arms against a red field: one gripping a rifle with a bayonet, one a pipe wrench in a work glove, one a wrench in a sleeve cuff, under a quotation beginning 'Strong in the strength of the Lord'. Rifle and tools are set together as one effort, and the scriptural-style phrasing links the cause to religious language.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Strong in the strength of the Lord
we who fight in the people's cause
will never stop until that cause is won
[signature:] David Stone Martin
OWI Poster No. 8
[imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1942-O-488341
```

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