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This page lists state and national mottos for the world's independent states and if applicable, their component states. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition and some extinct states are listed, but their names are not bolded.
A state motto is used to describe the intent or motivation of the state in a short phrase. For example, it can be included on a country's coat of arms , coins or banknotes . Some countries choose not to have a national motto.
Directory: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
A Algeria Arabic , "By the people and for the people")[1]
Andora Virtus, Unita, Fortior (Latin , "Strength united is stronger")[2]
Antigua and Barbuda Each endeavouring, all achieving [3]
Argentina En Unión y Libertad (Spanish , "In Union and Liberty")[4]
Armenia Armenian , One Nation, One Culture)[5]
Aruba One Happy Island
Australia Advance Australia [6]
Austria AEIOU Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Latin , "It is Austria's destiny to rule the world")
Austria-Hungary : Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin , "Indivisible and inseparable")
Azerbaijan : Once raised flag will never go down
B Bahamas Forward, Upward, Onward Together [13]
Bangladesh Barbados Pride and Industry [14]
Belarus Belgium Eendracht maakt macht , L'union fait la force and Einigkeit gibt Stärke (Dutch , French and German , "Unity gives Strength")[15]
Belize Sub umbra floreo (Latin , "Under the shade I flourish")[16]
Benin Fraternité, Justice, Travail (French , "Fellowship, Justice, Labour")[17]
Bhutan One Nation, One People
Bolivia La Unión es la Fuerza (Spanish , "The Union is Strength")[18]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Pula (Tswana , "Rain")[19]
Brazil Ordem e progresso (Portuguese , "Order and progress")[20]
Brunei Always in service with God's guidance [24]
Bulgaria Bulgarian , "Strength through Unity")[25]
Burkina Faso Unité, Progrès, Justice (French , "Unity, Progress, Justice")[26]
Burundi Unité, Travail, Progrès (French , "Unity, Work, Progress")[27]
C Cambodia Nation, Religion, King [28]
Cameroon Paix - Travail - Patrie (French , "Peace, Work, Fatherland")[29]
Canada A mari usque ad mare (Latin , "From sea to sea")[30]
Alberta : Fortis et liber (Latin , "Strong and free")[31]
British Columbia : Splendor sine occasu (Latin , "Splendour without diminishment")[32]
Manitoba : Gloriosus et liber (Latin , "Glorious and free")[33]
New Brunswick : Spem reduxit (Latin , "Hope was restored")[34]
Newfoundland and Labrador : Quaerite primum regnum dei (Latin , "Seek ye first the kingdom of God")[35]
Northwest Territories : none; One people, many voices is inscribed in several languages on the ceremonial mace of the Northwest Territories Legislature
Nova Scotia : Munit haec et altera vincit (Latin , "One defends and the other conquers")[36]
Nunavut : Nunavut sanginivut (Inuktitut , "Nunavut, our strength" or "Our land, our strength")[37]
Ontario : Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (Latin , "Loyal she began, loyal she remains")[38]
Prince Edward Island : Parva sub ingenti (Latin , "The small under the protection of the great")[39]
Quebec : Je me souviens French , "I remember")[40]
Saskatchewan : Multis e gentibus vires (Latin , "From many peoples, strength")[41]
Yukon : none
Central African Republic Unité, Dignité, Travail (French , "Unity, Dignity, Work")[42]
Chad Unité, Travail, Progrès (French , "Unity, Work, Progress")[43]
Chile Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish , "By reason or by strength")[44]
Colombia Libertad y orden (Spanish , "Freedom and order")[45]
Comoros Unité, Justice, Progrès (French , "Unity, justice, progress")[46]
Confederate States of America : Deo Vindice (Latin , "Under God, Our Vindicator")[47]
Democratic Republic of the Congo Justice - Paix - Travail (French , "Justice, Peace, Work")[48]
Republic of the Congo Unité, Travail, Progrès (French , "Unity, Work, Progress")[49]
Costa Rica Spanish , "Long live work and peace")
Côte d'Ivoire Union, Discipline, Travail (French , Unity, Discipline, Labor) [50]
Croatia Bog i Hrvati (unofficial) (Croatian , "God and the Croats")
Cuba Patria o muerte (Spanish , "Homeland or death")[51]
Czech Republic Pravda vítězí! (Czech , "Truth prevails!")[52]
D Denmark Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (Danish , "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength")
Djibouti Unity, Equality, Peace [53]
Dominica Après le Bondie, C'est la Ter (French Patois , "After the Good Lord, we love the Earth")[54]
Dominican Republic Dios, Patria, Libertad (Spanish , "God, Country, Liberty")[55]
E East Timor Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese , "Honour, homeland and people")[56]
Ecuador Dios, patria y libertad (Spanish , "God, homeland and liberty")[citation needed ] El Salvador Dios, Unión, Libertad (Spanish , "God, Union, Liberty")[57]
Equatorial Guinea Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Spanish , "Unity, Peace, Justice")[58]
Estonia European Union In varietate concordia (Latin for United in diversity , Unie dans la diversité , etc. (Translated into the languages of the member states of the EU))[59]
F G Gabon Union, Travail, Justice (French , "Union, Work, Justice")[62]
The Gambia Progress, Peace, Prosperity [63]
Georgia Dzala ertobashia Georgian , "Strength is in Unity")[64]
Germany Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German , "Unity and Justice and Freedom")
Ghana Freedom and Justice [65]
Greece Ελευθερία ή θάνατος (transliterated as "Eleutheria i thanatos ") (Greek , "Liberty or death")
Grenada Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, and Advance as One People [66]
Guatemala El País de la Eterna Primavera (Spanish , "The country with the eternal spring ")[citation needed ] Guinea Travail, Justice, Solidarité (French , "Work, Justice, Solidarity")[67]
Guinea-Bissau Unidade, Luta, Progresso (Portuguese , "Unity, Struggle, Progress")[68]
Guyana One people, one nation, one destiny [69]
H Haiti L'union fait la force (French , "Unity is strength")[70]
Holy See none
Honduras Libre, Soberana E Independiente (Spanish , "Free, sovereign and independent")[71]
Hungary Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae (Latin , "Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary")
I J Jamaica Out of many, one people [77]
Japan Jordan K L Laos Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity [80]
Latvia Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (Latvian , "For Fatherland and Freedom")[citation needed ] Lesotho Khotso, Pula, Nala (Sotho , "Peace, Rain, Prosperity")[81]
Lebanon Liberia The love of liberty brought us here [82]
Lithuania Tautos jėga vienybėje! (Lithuanian , "The strength of the nation is unity!")
Luxembourg Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn Luxembourgish , "We wish to remain what we are")[83]
M Madagascar Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana (Malagasy , "Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress")[84]
Malawi Unity and Freedom [85]
Malaysia Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu (Malay , "Unity is Strength")[86]
Mali Un peuple, un but, une foi (French , "One people, one goal, one faith")[87]
Mauritania Honneur, Fraternité, Justice (Arabic and French , "Honor, Fraternity, Justice")[88]
Mauritius Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin , "Star and key of the Indian Ocean")[89]
Monaco Deo juvante (Latin , "With God's help")[90]
Montenegro Morocco Arabic , "God, the Country, the King ")[91]
N Namibia Unity, liberty, justice [92]
Nauru God's will first [93]
Nepal Sanskrit , "Mother and motherland are greater than heaven")[94]
Netherlands Je maintiendrai , Ik zal handhaven (French , Dutch "I will maintain")[95]
Zeeland : Luctor et Emergo, Ik worstel en kom boven (Latin , Dutch , "I struggle and emerge")
South Holland : Vigilate Deo Confidentes, Waakt vertrouwende op God (Latin , Dutch , "Guard (while) trusting in God")
Groningen Vis unita fortior , Vereende kracht is sterker (Latin , Dutch : "United Strength is Stronger")
Netherlands Antilles : Libertate unanimus (Latin , "Unified by freedom")
New Zealand Onward [96] )
Nicaragua En Dios Confiamos (Spanish , "In god we trust")[97]
Niger Fraternité, Travail, Progrès (French , "Fraternity, Work, Progress")[98]
Nigeria Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress [99]
Norfolk Island : Inasmuch
Norway Royal motto : Alt for Norge (Norwegian , "Everything for Norway")
O P Pakistan Ittihad, Yaqeen-mukkam, Nizam (Urdu , "Unity, Faith, Discipline")[100]
Panama Pro mundi beneficio (Latin , "For the benefit of the world")[101]
Papua New Guinea Unity in Diversity [citation needed ] Paraguay Paz y justicia (Spanish , "Peace and justice")[102]
Perú Firme y feliz por la unión
Philippines Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Tagalog , "God, People, Nature and Country")[103]
Former: Isang bansa, isang diwa (Tagalog , "One nation, one spirit")
Poland Portugal Portuguese , "This is my beloved fortunate motherland")
Azores : Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese , "To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace")
Madeira : Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese , "Of the islands, the most beautiful and free")
Q R S Saint Kitts and Nevis Country Above Self [105]
Saint Lucia The land, the people, the light [106]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Pax et justitia (Latin , "Peace and justice")[107]
Samoa Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoan , "God be the Foundation of Samoa")[108]
San Marino Libertas (Latin , "Liberty")[109]
Saudi Arabia لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله (lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muhammadu-r-rasūlu-llāhi ) (Arabic , "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet")[110]
Senegal Un peuple, un but, une foi (French , "One people, one goal, one faith")[111]
Serbia Само слога србина спашава Samo sloga Srbina spašava unofficial (Serbian , "Only unity saves the Serbs")
Seychelles Finis coronat opus (Latin , "The end crowns the work")[112]
Sierra Leone Unity, freedom, justice [113]
Singapore Majulah Singapura (Malay , "Onward Singapore")[114]
Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands :To lead is to serve [115]
South Africa !ke e: /xarra //ke (/Xam , "Diverse people unite" or "Unity in Diversity")[116]
Former: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin , "From unity, strength", from 1910-2000)
Soviet Union : Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian , "Workers of the world, unite!")
Spain Plus Ultra Latin , "Further beyond")[117]
Former: Una, grande y libre (Spanish , "One, great and free", under Franco's regime )[117]
Andalusia : Andalucía por sí, para España y la Humanidad (Spanish , "Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for Mankind")
Asturias : Hoc signo tuetur pius, Hoc signo vincitur inimicus (Latin , "This sign defends the pious, this sign defeats the enemy")
Catalonia : Som i serem (Catalan , "We are and will be")
Sudan Al-Nasr Lana : Arabic , "Victory is Ours")[118]
Suriname Justitia, pietas, fides (Latin , "Justice, piety, loyalty")[119]
Swaziland Siyinqaba (Swati , "We are the fortress")[120]
Sweden För Sverige - i tiden (Swedish , "For Sweden - With the times") (See all royal mottos )
Switzerland Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno Latin , "One for all, all for one", traditional, but not official)
Syria T Tanzania Uhuru na Umoja (Swahili , "Freedom and Unity")[121]
Togo Travail, Liberté, Patrie (French , "Work, liberty, homeland")[122]
Tonga Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiʻa (Tongan , "God and Tonga are my Inheritance")[123]
Trinidad and Tobago Together we aspire, together we achieve [124]
Tunisia Order, Freedom, and Justice [125]
Turkey Egemenlik kayıtsız şartsız milletindir. (Turkish , "Sovereignty rests unconditionally with the nation")[126] Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh. (Turkish , "Peace in the homeland, peace in the world.")[127]
Tuvalu Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan , "Tuvalu for the Almighty")[128]
Tahiti: If the work is pleasant and joyful, the rich would have found a way to keep it for themselves.(Wijekoon)
U Uganda For God and My Country [129]
Ukraine United Kingdom Dieu et mon droit French , "God and my right", Royal motto)[130]
England : Dieu et mon droit French , "God and my right")
Scotland : Nemo me impune lacessit Latin , "No one provokes me with impunity")
Wales : Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn (Welsh, "The red dragon should go forward", unofficial); Ich Dien German , "I serve", motto of Prince of Wales )
Northern Ireland : Quis separabit Latin , "Who will separate us?")
Isle of Man : Quocunque jeceris stabit (Latin , "Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand")
Anguilla : Strength and Endurance [131]
Bermuda : Quo Fata Ferunt (Latin , "Whither the Fates carry [us]")
British Indian Ocean Territory : In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin , "Limuria is in our charge")
British Virgin Islands : Vigilate (Latin , "Be Watchful")[132]
Cayman Islands : He hath founded it upon the seas
Falkland Islands : Desire the right
Gibraltar : Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin , "Conquerable by no enemy")
Montserrat : Each Endeavouring, All Achieving [133]
Saint Helena : Loyal and Unshakeable
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands : Leo Terram Propriam Protegat (Latin , "Let the lion protect its own land")
Tristan da Cunha : Our faith is our strength
Turks and Caicos Islands : One people, one nation, one destiny [134]
V Vanuatu Long God yumi stanap (Bislama , "Let us stand firm in God")[136]
Venezuela Amazonas : Honor y Lealtad (Spanish ,"Honor and Loyalty")
Anzoátegui : Tumba de sus tiranos (Spanish , "Tomb of its tyrants")
Barinas : Dios y Federación (Spanish , "God and Federation")
Carabobo : Ocassus servitutis (Latin , "Decline of the servitude"; but also: "End of slavery")
Cojedes : Ad Sum (Latin , "I am here")
Delta Amacuro : La Paz en la Federación (Spanish , "The Peace in the Federation")
Falcón : Dios y Federación (Spanish , "God and Federation")
Guárico : Si amas la libertad, ven a mis pampas (Spanish , "If you love liberty, come to my plains")
Monagas : Resistió con valor (Spanish , "It resisted with courage")
Portuguesa : Honor y Gloria (Spanish , "Honor and Glory")
Vargas : Igualdad, Libertad, Propiedad y Seguridad (Spanish , "Equality, Liberty, Property -possibly Propriety- and Security")
Vietnam Ðộc lập, tự do, hạnh phúc (Vietnamese , "Independence, liberty and happiness")[citation needed ] W Y Z Zambia One Zambia, One Nation [138]
Zimbabwe Unity, Freedom, Work [139]
