Winston Churchill [1]: "I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate"

A portrait photograph of Winston Churchill sits above a quotation from his Washington address of 26 December 1941 on a blue ground. The tell is the named speaker's portrait and words offered as the argument, and the virtue words 'majesty', 'justice' and 'peace' that stand for the Anglo-American alliance.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TestimonialGlittering generalities

Date

1941

Period

Second World War

Made by

British Information Services (an agency of the British Government), 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York; photograph by Karsh of Ottawa

Region

Western and Central Europe

Country

United Kingdom

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Churchill Government

Leader

Winston Churchill

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Persuade or win support

Theme

War and the military

Event

World War II

Regime

Churchill wartime government

Leader

Winston Churchill

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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (portrait carries a '(c) Karsh-Ottawa' credit)
British Information Services, New York; photograph (c) Karsh-Ottawa. National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-229a.

(c) Karsh-Ottawa   From British Combine

"I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate,
that in the days to come the British and
American peoples will for their own safety
and for the good of all walk together side
by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace."

WINSTON CHURCHILL, Washington, December 26, 1941

[imprint:] PUBLISHED BY BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES (An Agency of the British Government) 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, N.Y.   LITHOGRAPHED IN U.S.A.
[handwritten:] P British