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[[File:2015-07-14 11-55-49 fete-nationale-belfort.jpg|thumb|France's national motto ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]'', seen on a public building in [[Belfort]]]]
This article lists state and national [[motto]]s for the world's nations. The mottos for some [[List of unrecognized countries|states lacking general international recognition]], [[List of extinct states|extinct states]], non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories 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 [[flag]], [[coat of arms]], or [[currency]]. Some countries do not have a national motto.

==Current sovereign countries==

*'''{{flag|Afghanistan}}''': ''[[Shahada|There is no other god other than Allah (God); Muhammad is the messenger of God]].'' ({{langx|ar|لا إله إلا الله، محمد رسول الله}}; {{transliteration|ar| Lā ʾilāha ʾillāl–lāh, Muhammadun rasūl allāh}})<ref>As shown on the [[flag of Afghanistan]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Albania}}''': ''You, Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian'' ({{langx|sq|[[Ti Shqipëri, më jep nder, më jep emrin Shqipëtar]]}})
*'''{{flag|Algeria}}''': ''By the people and for the people'' ({{langx|ar|بالشعب و للشعب}}; {{transliteration|ar|DIN|Bil-shaʿb wa lil-shaʿb}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.el-mouradia.dz/arabe/symbole/textes/constitution96.htm |title=Constitution of Algeria |access-date=2006-08-03 |language=ar |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321052821/http://www.el-mouradia.dz/arabe/symbole/textes/constitution96.htm |archive-date=2007-03-21 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Andorra}}''': ''Strength united is stronger'' ({{langx|la|Virtus Unita Fortior}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.coprince-fr.ad/frances/consti.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010121222100/http://www.coprince-fr.ad/frances/consti.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2001 |title=Constitution de la Principauté d'Andorre |access-date=2006-08-02 |language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Angola}}''': ''Virtue is stronger when united'' ({{langx|la|Virtus Unita Fortior}})
*'''{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}}''': ''[[Each endeavouring, all achieving]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/antigua_barbuda.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Antigua and Barbada|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160421/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/antigua_barbuda.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Argentina}}''': No official motto. Unofficial motto: ''In Union and Liberty'' ({{langx|es|[[En unión y libertad]]|link=no}}).<ref>As shown on the back of coins; see for instance [[:File:25 centavos coin reverse.JPG|this photo]] of a 1992 25 [[Argentine peso|centavos]] coin.</ref>
*'''{{flag|Armenia}}''': ''One Nation, One Culture'' ({{langx|hy|Մեկ Ազգ, Մեկ Մշակույթ}}; {{transliteration|hy|DIN|Mek Azg, Mek Mshakouyt}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=armenia|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129205458/http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=armenia|url-status=dead|title=Guides and Maps – Armenia|archive-date=January 29, 2009|website=guidesandmaps.net}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Australia}}''': No official motto. Formerly ''Advance Australia''.<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Australian Coat of Arms (1908).PNG|1908 coat of arms of Australia]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Austria}}''': No official motto. [[A.E.I.O.U.]] is often seen as a historical national motto. The meaning is debated, but the most well known meaning is {{lang|la|[[A.E.I.O.U.|Austriae est imperare orbi universo]]}} (Austria's destiny is to rule the world).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pumhösel |first=Alois |date=2024-04-20 |title=Rätsel um Habsburger Motto A.E.I.O.U. bleibt wohl für immer ungelöst |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000215921/raetsel-um-habsburger-motto-aeiou-bleibt-wohl-fuer-immer-ungeloest |access-date=2025-01-08 |work=Der Standard}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Azerbaijan}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''The Land of Fire'' ({{langx|az|Odlar Yurdu}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Boliviano (reverso).png|thumb|The national motto of [[Bolivia]], ''La Unión es la Fuerza'' ([[Unity makes strength|Unity is Strength]]), is inscribed on [[Bolivian boliviano|boliviano]] coins.]]
[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg|thumb|The national motto of Brazil, ''Ordem e progresso'' (Order and progress), is inscribed on the [[flag of Brazil|Brazilian flag]].]]
*'''{{flag|Bahamas}}''': ''Forward, Upward, Onward Together''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/bahamas.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – The Bahamas|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160012/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/bahamas.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Bangladesh}}''':  No official motto. Former recognized official national slogan and war cry (2022–2024): ''Victory to Bengal'' ({{langx|bn|[[Joy Bangla (slogan)|Joy Bangla]]}}; ''জয় বাংলা'').<ref>{{cite news|url= https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/joy-bangla-to-be-national-slogan-hc|title='Joy Bangla' to be national slogan: HC|publisher= Daily Prothom Alo|date= 10 March 2020|access-date = 10 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="bn2">{{cite news|url= https://m.bdnews24.com/en/detail/bangladesh/1732865|title= HC orders govt to announce 'Joy Bangla' as national slogan in three months|publisher=bdnews24.com|date= March 10, 2020|access-date= March 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Star Digital |title='Joy Bangla' declared national slogan of Bangladesh |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/joy-bangla-declared-national-slogan-bangladesh-2974106 |access-date=2 March 2022 |work=The Daily Star |date=2 March 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Joy Bangla' no longer national slogan |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/joy-bangla-no-longer-national-slogan-3772741 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 December 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Barbados}}''': ''Pride and Industry''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/barbados.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Barbados|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609220258/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/barbados.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2007-06-09}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Belarus}}''': No official motto. Unofficial motto: ''[[Long Live Belarus!]]'' ({{langx|be|Жыве Беларусь!}}, {{Transliteration|be|Žyvie Biełaruś!}})
*'''{{flag|Belgium}}''': ''[[Unity makes strength]]'' ({{langx|nl|Eendracht maakt macht}}, {{langx|fr|L'union fait la force}}, {{langx|de|Einigkeit macht stark}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.diplomatie.be/en/belgium/belgiumdetail.asp?TEXTID=1574|title=Diplomatie.be|website=www.diplomatie.be}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Belize}}''': ''Under the shade I flourish'' ({{langx|la|Sub umbra floreo}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/belize.jsp?menu=community |title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Belize |access-date=2006-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218025626/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/belize.jsp?menu=community |archive-date=2015-02-18 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Benin}}''': ''Fellowship, Justice, Labour'' ({{langx|fr|Fraternité, Justice, Travail}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bj.refer.org/benin_ct/cop/assemble/constitution/constitution1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061119122411/http://www.bj.refer.org/benin_ct/cop/assemble/constitution/constitution1.html|archive-date=2006-11-19|title=La Constitution de la République du Bénin|access-date=2006-08-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Bolivia}}''': ''[[Unity makes strength]]'' ({{langx|es|La Unión es la Fuerza|link=no}}).<ref>As shown on the coins; see for example {{cite web|url=http://www.bcb.gov.bo/sitio/monedas/ligera/monedas/m10c.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428004356/http://www.bcb.gov.bo/sitio/monedas/ligera/monedas/m10c.html|archive-date=2007-04-28|title=Banco Central de Bolivia : Moneda de 10 Centavos|access-date=2006-08-04|language=es}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Botswana}}''': ''Rain'' ({{langx|tn|Pula}}).<ref>As shown on the [[Coat of arms of Botswana]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Brazil}}''': ''Order and progress'' ({{langx|pt|Ordem e progresso}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brasilemb.org/profile_brazil/brasil_ejournal_maxwell.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930142232/http://www.brasilemb.org/profile_brazil/brasil_ejournal_maxwell.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-09-30|title=Embassy of Brazil|date=September 30, 2006}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Brunei}}''': ''Always in service with God's guidance'' ({{langx|ar|الدائمون المحسنون بالهدى}} {{Transliteration|ar|Ad-dāʾimūna al-muḥsinūna bi-l-hudā}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brunei.gov.bn/about_brunei/flag.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060804212614/http://www.brunei.gov.bn/about_brunei/flag.htm|archive-date=2006-08-04|title=The Government of Brunei Darussalam – National Flag and Crest|access-date=2006-08-05}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Bulgaria}}''': ''[[Unity makes strength]]'' ({{langx|bg|Съединението прави силата}}, {{Transliteration|bg|Sŭedinenieto pravi silata}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.government.bg/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0159&n=000006&g=|title=About Bulgaria: National Symbols – Flag, coat of arms, anthem|access-date=2006-08-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090208102912/http://www.government.bg/cgi-bin/e-cms/vis/vis.pl?s=001&p=0159&n=000006&g=|archive-date=2009-02-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Burkina Faso}}''': ''Fatherland or death, we shall triumph! '' ({{langx|fr|La Patrie ou la Mort, nous vaincrons}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Burundi}}''': ''Unity, Work, Progress'' ({{langx|fr|Unité, Travail, Progrès}})<ref>Article 7 of {{cite web|url=http://www.idlo.int/texts/leg5567.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824121326/http://www.idlo.int/texts/leg5567.pdf|archive-date=2006-08-24|title=Constitution de la République du Burundi |access-date=2006-08-05|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Cambodia}}''': ''[[Nation, Religion, King]]'' ({{langx|km|ជាតិ សាសនា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ}}; {{Transliteration|km|Chéatĕ, Sasânéa, Preăh Môhaksâtr}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cambodia.org/facts/?government=The+Constitution+of+Cambodia|title=Constitution of Cambodia|access-date=2011-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524074118/http://www.cambodia.org/facts/?government=The+Constitution+of+Cambodia|archive-date=2011-05-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Cameroon}}''': ''Peace, Work, Fatherland'' ({{langx|fr|Paix – Travail – Patrie}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elaw.org/resources/text.asp?ID=1730|title=La Constitution du Cameroun|access-date=2006-08-05|language=fr}}</ref>
[[File:A mari usque ad mare.svg|thumb|right|The Canadian motto within the 1921 [[Arms of Canada]]]]
*'''{{flag|Canada}}''': ''From sea to sea'' ({{langx|la|[[A mari usque ad mare]]}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0000001|title=The Canada Encyclopedia: A Mari usque ad Mare|access-date=2006-08-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070910070143/http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0000001|archive-date=2007-09-10}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Cape Verde}}''': ''Unity, Work, Progress'' ({{lang|pt|Unidade, Trabalho, Progresso}}).<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Dialogic Nation of Cape Verde: Slavery, Language, and Ideology|last=Rego|first=Márcia|publisher=Lexington Books|year=2015|isbn=9780739193785|page=68}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Central African Republic}}''': ''Unity, Dignity, Work'' ({{langx|fr|Unité, Dignité, Travail}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlo.int/texts/leg5540.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824121335/http://www.idlo.int/texts/leg5540.pdf|archive-date=2006-08-24|title=Constitution de Centrafrique|access-date=2006-08-08|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Chad}}''': ''Unity, Work, Progress'' ({{langx|fr|Unité, Travail, Progrès}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cefod.org/Fichiers%20web/Constitution%20Tchadienne.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210123911/http://www.cefod.org/Fichiers%20web/Constitution%20Tchadienne.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-02-10 |title=Constitution de la République du Tchad 1996 |access-date=2006-08-08 |language=fr }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Chile}}''': ''Through reason or by force'' ({{langx|es|Por la razón o la fuerza|link=no}})
*'''{{flag|China}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''[[Serve the People|Serve the people]]'' ({{lang-zh|为人民服务}}) is the motto of the [[Chinese Communist Party|CCP]] and the Chinese government. 
*'''{{flag|Colombia}}''': ''Freedom and order'' ({{langx|es|Libertad y orden|link=no}}).<ref>As seen on the [[coat of arms of Colombia]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Comoros}}''': ''Unity, Solidarity, Development'' ({{langx|fr|Unité, Solidarité, Développement}}).<ref>As seen on the [[national seal of the Comoros]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}''': ''Justice, Peace, Work'' ({{langx|fr|Justice – Paix – Travail}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidentrdc.cd/constitution.html |title=Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo |access-date=2006-08-08 |language=fr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060812032926/http://www.presidentrdc.cd/constitution.html |archive-date=2006-08-12 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}''': ''Unity, Work, Progress'' ({{langx|fr|Unité, Travail, Progrès}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Constitution_de_la_RDC.pdf|title=Constitution de la République du Congo|access-date=2006-08-08|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Cuba}}''': ''Fatherland or death, we shall overcome!'' ({{langx|es|[[Patria o Muerte, Venceremos|¡Patria o Muerte, Venceremos!]]|link=no}})<ref>As shown on the obverse of the coins; see {{cite web|url=http://www.sonic.net/~figgins/cuba/coin.gif|title=this photo of a 1992 coin|access-date=2006-09-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Czech Republic}}''': ''[[Truth prevails]]'' ({{langx|cs|[[Pravda vítězí]]}})<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Flag of the president of the Czech Republic.svg|Flag of the president of the Czech Republic]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Denmark}}''': The national motto of Denmark is the royal motto of the reigning monarch and changes with every monarch. The current Royal Motto of [[Frederik X]]: ''United, committed, for the Kingdom of Denmark'' ({{langx|da|[[Royal mottos of Danish monarchs|Forbundet, forpligtet, for Kongeriget Danmark]]}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.M. Dronningen |url=https://www.kongehuset.dk/den-kongelige-familie/h-m-dronningen |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=www.kongehuset.dk}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Djibouti}}''': ''Unity, Equality, Peace'' ({{langx|so|Itixaad, Gudboonaan, Ammaan}}, {{langx|fr|Unité, Égalité, Paix}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adi.dj/constitut/constitut_dj.htm|title=Constitution de la République de Djibouti|access-date=2006-08-08|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125063016/http://www.adi.dj/constitut/constitut_dj.htm|archive-date=2012-11-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Dominica}}''': ''After God, the Earth'' ([[Dominican Creole French]]: Après Bondié, C'est la Ter).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/dominica.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Dominica|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160216/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/dominica.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Dominican Republic}}''': ''God, Fatherland, Liberty'' ({{langx|es|Dios, Patria, Libertad|link=no}})<ref>Article 93 of {{cite web|url=http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/DomRep/domrep02.html|title=Constitución politica de la Republica Domenica de 2002|access-date=2006-08-05|language=es}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|East Timor}}''': ''Unity, Action, and Progress'' ({{lang|pt|Unidade, Acção, Progresso}})<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:East timor coa.png|coat of arms]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Ecuador}}''': ''God, homeland, and freedom'' ({{langx|es|Dios, patria y libertad|link=no}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|El Salvador}}''': ''God, Union, Liberty'' ({{langx|es|Dios, Unión, Libertad|link=no}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.casapres.gob.sv/Simbolos_Patrios/bandera.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060817052014/http://www.casapres.gob.sv/Simbolos_Patrios/bandera.htm|archive-date=2006-08-17|title=Casa Presidencial – Bandera Nacional de El Salvador|access-date=2006-08-14|language=es}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}''': ''Unity, Peace, Justice'' ({{langx|es|Unidad, Paz, Justicia|link=no}})<ref>As seen on the [Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Eritrea}}''': ''Victory to the Masses!'' ({{langx|ar|انتصار للجماهير}}, {{langx|ti|ዓወት ንሓፋሽ!}}, also in English).
*'''{{flag|Estonia}}''': No official motto. Unofficial motto: ''Long live Estonia!'' ({{langx|et|Elagu Eesti!}}) or ''Long live the Republic of Estonia!'' ({{Lang|et|Elagu Eesti Vabariik!}})
*'''{{flag|Eswatini}}''': ''We are the fortress'' ({{langx|ss|Siyinqaba}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sntc.org.sz/tourism/social.asp|title=Swaziland National Trust Commission – General Swaziland Information: Social|access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Ethiopia}}''': Currently no official motto. Formerly: ''Ethiopia First'' ([[Amharic]]: ኢትዮጲያ ትቅደም; "Ethiopia Tikdem"), and prior to that: ''Ethiopia holds up her hands unto God'' ({{langx|gez|ኢትዮጵያ ታበድ አደዊሃ ሃበ አግዚአብሐር}}; ''Itiyopia tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher''), taken from [[Psalm 68|Psalm 68:31]].<ref name="ethiopia">As shown on the [[:Image:Imperial Coat of Arms of Ethiopia (Haile Selassie).svg|coat of arms of Haile Selassie]].</ref>
*European Union : United in diversity<ref>{{Cite web |title=EU motto {{!}} European Union |url=https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/symbols/eu-motto_en |access-date=2025-04-19 |website=european-union.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Fiji}}''': ''Fear God and honour the King'' ({{langx|fj|Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na Tui}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/national_symbols.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005042951/http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/national_symbols.shtml|archive-date=2006-10-05|title=National Symbols – Fiji Government Online|access-date=2006-08-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Finland}}''': No official motto. When [[Kingdom of Finland (1918)|a Kingdom was planned as a form of government in 1917]], the motto was "Strong, Stable, Free" ({{langx|fi|Vankka, vakaa, vapaa}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|France}}''': ''Liberty, equality, fraternity'' ({{langx|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info-france-usa.org/atoz/libeqfra.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927055047/http://www.info-france-usa.org/atoz/libeqfra.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-09-27|title=Embassy of France in the U.S. – Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood|date=September 27, 2006}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Gabon}}''': ''Union, Work, Justice'' ({{langx|fr|Union, Travail, Justice}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.accpuf.org/images/pdf/cm/gabon/031-tf-txt_const.pdf|title=Constitution de la République Gabonaise|access-date=2008-01-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217030702/http://www.accpuf.org/images/pdf/cm/gabon/031-tf-txt_const.pdf|archive-date=2019-12-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Gambia}}''': ''Progress, Peace, Prosperity''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seagam.org/Coarms.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007172048/http://www.seagam.org/Coarms.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2007-10-07|title=Seatle Gambia Association – Coat of Arms of The Gambia|access-date=2006-08-15}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Georgia}}''': ''Strength is in Unity!'' ({{lang-ka|ძალა ერთობაშია!}}; ''[[Dzala ertobashia]]'').<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Greater coat of arms of Georgia.svg|coat of arms of Georgia]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Germany}}''': No official motto, ''de facto'': ''Unity and justice and freedom'' ({{langx|de|[[Deutschlandlied|Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit]]}}),
historically: [[Gott mit uns]], [[Blut und Boden]].
*'''{{flag|Ghana}}''': ''Freedom and Justice''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Republic of Ghana: The Ghana Coat of Arms|url=http://www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414083128/http://www.ghana.gov.gh/living/coatofarms.php|archive-date=2006-04-14|access-date=2006-08-16}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Greece}}''': ''Freedom or Death'' ({{langx|el|Ελευθερία ή θάνατος}}; ''[[Eleftheria i thanatos]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/greece/grsymbols.htm|title=Greece, State Symbols, Song, Flags and more|access-date=2013-11-17}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Grenada}}''': ''Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, Build and Advance as One People''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/grenada.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Grenada|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160108/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/grenada.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Guatemala}}''': ''Grow Free and Fertile'' ({{langx|es|Libre Crezca Fecundo|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.banguat.gob.gt/inc/ver.asp?id=/en/currency%20and%20bills/Monedas%20y%20Billetes%20Translation.htm&e=18108|access-date=2008-03-11|title=Banco de Guatemala – Bills and Currency in Current Circulation}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Guinea}}''': ''Work, Justice, Solidarity'' ({{langx|fr|Travail, Justice, Solidarité}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://droit.francophonie.org/doc/html/gn/con/fr/1990/1990dfgncofr1.html|title=OIF – Guinée : Loi fondamentale|access-date=2006-08-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219061841/http://droit.francophonie.org/doc/html/gn/con/fr/1990/1990dfgncofr1.html|archive-date=19 February 2006|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}}''': ''Unity, Struggle, Progress'' ({{lang|pt|Unidade, Luta, Progresso}}).<ref>Article 21 of {{cite web|url=http://www.cmseducation.org/wconsts/guibis.html|title=Constitution de la Guinée-Bissau|access-date=2006-08-22|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218213556/http://www.cmseducation.org/wconsts/guibis.html|archive-date=2007-02-18}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Guyana}}''': ''One People, One Nation, One Destiny''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/guyana.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Guyana|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111220073606/http://caricom.org/jsp/community/guyana.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2011-12-20}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Haiti}}''': ''Liberty, equality, fraternity'' ({{langx|fr|[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haiti-reference.com/histoire/constitutions/const_1987.htm |title=Article 4 of the Constitution |publisher=Haiti-reference.com |access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Honduras}}''': ''Free, sovereign and independent'' ({{langx|es|Libre, Soberana E Independiente|link=no}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sica.int/miembros/hn/simbolos.aspx?IdEnt=1|title=Secretaría General del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana – República de Honduras – Simbolos Patrios|access-date=2006-08-22|language=es}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Hungary}}''': Currently no official motto. Formerly ''With God for Homeland and Freedom'' ({{langx|la|Cum Deo pro Patria et Libertate}}), [[battle cry]] of Prince [[Francis II Rákóczi]] in the early 18th century. While there is no official motto, several of them are used in parallel such as ''Strength, Loyalty, Hope'' ([[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: Erő, Hűség, Remény)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-16 |title=1848 öröksége az erő, a hűség és a remény {{!}} Vajdasági Magyar Szövetség {{!}} VMSZ hivatalos honlapja |url=https://www.vmsz.org.rs/hirek/tortenesek/1848-oroksege-az-ero-huseg-es-remeny |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=www.vmsz.org.rs |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=MNLadmin10868 |date=2018-03-31 |title=Nemzeti jelképeink: erő, hűség, remény |url=https://mnl.gov.hu/mnl/hbml/hirek/nemzeti_jelkepeink_ero_huseg_remeny |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár |language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=A piros az erő, a fehér a hűség, a zöld a remény jelképe |url=https://hirado.hu/cikk/2023/03/24/a-piros-az-ero-a-feher-a-huseg-a-zold-a-remeny-jelkepe/ |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=hirado.hu |language=hu}}</ref> or Let there be Peace, Freedom and Concord known from the [[12 points of the Hungarian Revolutionaries of 1848|12 points]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sajtoiroda |first=A. M. |date=2023-03-15 |title=Legyen béke, szabadság, egyetértés |url=https://kormany.hu/hirek/legyen-beke-szabadsag-egyetertess |access-date=2024-05-27 |website=kormany.hu |language=en}}</ref> before the Habsburg rule the official motto was Kingdom of Mary Patroness of Hungary ([[Latin]]: Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae)<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Adeleye |first1=Gabriel |title=World dictionary of foreign expressions: a resource for readers and writers |last2=Acquah-Dadzie |first2=Kofi |last3=Sienkewicz |first3=Thomas J. |last4=McDonough |first4=James T. |date=1999 |publisher=Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers |isbn=978-0-86516-422-2 |location=Wauconda, Ill |language=en, hu}}</ref>
[[File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|The [[National Emblem of India]] bears the motto ''[[Satyameva Jayate]]'' ([[Sanskrit]]: "Truth alone triumphs").]]
[[File:Flag of Iraq.svg|thumb|The [[flag of Iraq]] displays the national motto, ''[[Allahu Akbar]]'' ("God is Great").]]
*'''{{flag|India}}''': ''Truth alone triumphs'' ({{langx|sa|सत्यमेव जयते}}, ''[[Satyameva Jayate]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/state_emblem.php|title=National Portal of India : Know India : National babes|access-date=2006-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Indonesia}}''': ''Unity in diversity'' ([[Kawi language|Old Javanese]]: [[Bhinneka Tunggal Ika]]).<ref>Article 36A of the [[s:Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia|Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Iran}}''': ''God is the Greatest'' ({{langx|ar|الله اكبر}}; [[Takbir|Allahu Akbar]]). ''De facto'' motto: ''Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic'' ({{langx|fa|استقلال، آزادى، جمهورى اسلامى}}; ''Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bookrags.com/browse/Encyclopedia%20of%20Religious%20Practices/50|title=Encyclopedia of Religious Practices}}</ref><ref>[[Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran]], Article 18</ref> 
*'''{{flag|Iraq}}''': ''God is the Greatest'' ({{langx|ar|الله أكبر}}, [[Takbir|Allahu Akbar]]).<ref>As shown on the [[flag of Iraq]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Israel}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''If you will it, it is no dream'' ({{langx|he|אם תרצו, אין זו אגדה}}; ''Im Tirtzu, Ein zo Agadah'').
*'''{{flag|Ivory Coast}}''': ''Unity, Discipline, Labor'' ({{langx|fr|Union, Discipline, Travail}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abidjan.net/gouvernement/constitution.htm|title=La Constitutioni de la République de Côte d'Ivoire|access-date=2006-08-08|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822155753/http://www.abidjan.net/gouvernement/constitution.htm|archive-date=2006-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Jamaica}}''': ''Out of many, One People''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/Independence/symbols.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028013030/http://www.jis.gov.jm/special_sections/Independence/symbols.html|url-status=dead|title=Independence<!-- Bot generated title -->|archive-date=October 28, 2011}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Japan}}''': No official motto. ''[[Charter Oath]]'' or ''The Oath in Five Articles'' (Japanese: 五箇条の御誓文; ''Gokajō no Goseimon'') was previously used between 1868 and 1912
*'''{{flag|Jordan}}''': ''God, Homeland, King'' ([[Jordanian Arabic]]: الله، الوطن، الملك; ''Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/july2006/jordan.html|title=Jordan (country profile)|access-date=2013-11-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714213221/http://martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/july2006/jordan.html|archive-date=2014-07-14}}</ref>
[[File:Coat of arms of Kiribati.svg|thumb|[[Gilbertese language|Kiribati]]: "Health, Peace and Prosperity" on the [[Coat of arms of Kiribati]].]]
*'''{{flag|Kenya}}''': ''All pull together'' ({{langx|sw|[[Harambee]]}}).<ref>[http://www.hinduismtoday.com/blogs-news/hindu-press-international/kenyan-national-motto-controversial-to-some/3084.html "Kenyan National Motto Controversial to Some"], ''Hindu Press International'', July 5, 2003 [http://allafrica.com/stories/200805051353.html "Kenya: What's in a Name? Goddesses Have Always Been Worshipped"], ''The Nation'', May 5, 2008</ref>
*'''{{flag|Kiribati}}''': ''Health, Peace and Prosperity'' ({{langx|gil|Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa}}).<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Coat of arms of Kiribati.svg|coat of arms of Kiribati]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|North Korea}}''': ''Strong and Prosperous Nation'' ([[Korean language|Korean]]: 강성대국).
*'''{{flag|South Korea}}''': ''To broadly benefit the human world'' ({{Korean|홍익인간|弘益人間|[[Hongik Ingan]]}}).<ref>Specified as ideology on Education Act Number 86, 1949-12-31 http://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=5396#0000 (in Korean)</ref>
*'''{{Flag|Kosovo}}''': No official motto. Proposed motto: ''Honour, Duty, Homeland'' ({{langx|sq|Nderi, Detyra, Atdheu}}).
*'''{{flag|Kuwait}}''': ''God, The Nation, The Emir'' ({{langx|ar|الله, الوطن, الأمير}}).
*'''{{flag|Laos}}''': ''Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity'' ({{langx|lo|ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດທະນາຖາວອນ}} {{Transliteration|lo|Santiphap, Ekalat, Paxathipatai, Ekaphap, Vatthanathavon}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://invest.laopdr.org/politics.htm|title=Laos – Foreign Investment Management Cabinet: Politics|access-date=2006-08-22|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060822213041/http://www.invest.laopdr.org/politics.htm|archive-date=2006-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Lebanon}}''': ''[[National Anthem of Lebanon|We are all for the Country, the Sublime and the Flag]]'' ({{langx|ar|كلنا للوطن ، للعلا للعلم}} ).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=lebanon|title=Lebanon – Guides and Maps|access-date=2013-11-23|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235316/http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=lebanon|archive-date=2013-12-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Lesotho}}''': ''Peace, Rain, Prosperity'' ({{langx|st|Khotso, Pula, Nala}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lesothoemb-usa.gov.ls/lesothomap.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060905083909/http://www.lesothoemb-usa.gov.ls/lesothomap.htm|archive-date=2006-09-05|title=Lesotho Embassy in Washington – Lesotho Fact Sheet|access-date=2006-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Liberia}}''': ''The love of liberty brought us here''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usinfo.state.gov/af/Archive/2006/Mar/16-300883.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824163048/http://usinfo.state.gov/af/Archive/2006/Mar/16-300883.html|archive-date=2006-08-24|title=Liberian President Sirleaf Addresses Joint Session of Congress|access-date=2006-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Liechtenstein}}''': ''For God, Prince and Fatherland'' ({{langx|de|Für Gott, Fürst und Vaterland}}).{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}
*'''{{flag|Lithuania}}''': No official motto. ''Freedom, Unity, Prosperity'' ({{langx|lt|Laisvė, vienybė, gerovė}}) used on coins since 2015. ''May unity bloom!'' ({{langx|lt|Vienybė težydi!}}) from the [[Tautiška giesmė|national anthem]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Luxembourg}}''': ''We want to remain what we are'' ({{langx|lb|[[Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn]]}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.visitluxembourg.com/place/tiirmschen |title=Tiirmchen }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Madagascar}}''': ''Love, Ancestral-land, Progress'' ({{langx|mg|Fitiavana, Tanindrazana, Fandrosoana}}).<ref>Article 4 of {{cite web|url=http://www.simicro.mg/hcc/hcc/constitution.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060716004703/http://www.simicro.mg/hcc/hcc/constitution.html|archive-date=2006-07-16|title=Constitution de la République de Madagascar|access-date=2006-08-22|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Malawi}}''': ''Unity and Freedom''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://symbolhunt.com/malawi/motto/ | title=Motto of Malawi – Unity and Freedom &#124; Symbol Hunt | date=28 December 2020 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Malaysia}}''': ''Unity is strength'' ({{langx|ms|Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.my/MYGOV/BI/Directory/Government/AboutMsianGov/MsianFlagAndCrest/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411102941/http://www.gov.my/MYGOV/BI/Directory/Government/AboutMsianGov/MsianFlagAndCrest/|archive-date=2008-04-11|title=Government of Malaysia – Malaysian flag and crest|access-date=2006-08-23}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Maldives}}''': ''State of the Mahal Dibiyat'' ({{langx|ar|الدولة المحلديبية}}; ''Al-Dawlat Al-Mahaldheebiya'').{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*'''{{flag|Mali}}''': ''One people, one goal, one faith'' ({{langx|fr|Un peuple, un but, une foi}}).<ref>Article 25 of {{cite web|url=http://www.justicemali.org/pdf/39-constitution.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923162643/http://www.justicemali.org/pdf/39-constitution.pdf|archive-date=2006-09-23|title=La constitution du Mali|access-date=2006-08-26|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Malta}}''': ''Virtuous strength and consistency'' ({{langx|la|Virtute et constantia}}).<ref>{{cite web|title=National Symbols- Maltese History and Heritage|date=9 September 2013 |url=http://vassallohistory.wordpress.com/national-symbols/comment-page-1/|access-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Marshall Islands}}''': ''Accomplishment''/''Achievement through Joint Effort'' ({{langx|mh|Jepilpilin ke Ejukaan}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-marshall-islands-10951.html|title=Fascinating Facts about the Marshall Islands|access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Mauritania}}''':  ''Honor, Fraternity, Justice'' ({{langx|ar|شرف، إخاء، عدالة}}, {{langx|fr|Honneur, Fraternité, Justice}}).<ref>Article 9 of {{cite web|url=http://genre.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Mauritanie_Constitution.pdf|title=Constitution de la Republique islamique de Mauritanie|access-date=2006-08-27|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726063418/http://genre.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Mauritanie_Constitution.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Mauritius}}''': ''Star and key of the Indian Ocean'' ({{langx|la|Stella Clavisque Maris Indici}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/abtmtius?content_id=53690d31693c8010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD|title=The Republic of Mauritius Web Portal – Coat of Arms|access-date=2006-08-27|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070320222453/http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/abtmtius/?content_id=53690d31693c8010VgnVCM100000ca6a12acRCRD|archive-date=2007-03-20}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Mexico}}''': No official motto, ''The Homeland is First'' ({{langx|es|La Patria es Primero|link=no}}) is the motto of the Mexican Congress.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Micronesia}}''': ''Peace, Unity, Liberty''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://country-facts.findthedata.org/l/115/Micronesia-Federated-States-of|title=Facts about Micronesia|access-date=2013-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131113192400/http://country-facts.findthedata.org/l/115/Micronesia-Federated-States-of|archive-date=2013-11-13}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Monaco}}''': ''With God's help'' ({{langx|la|Deo juvante}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monte-carlo.mc/index-monaco_montecarlo-fr.html|title=Monaco en un clin d'œil!|access-date=2006-08-03|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Montenegro}}''': No official motto. Unofficial motto: ''May Montenegro be eternal!'' ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Da je vječna Crna Gora!|separator=" / "|Да је вјечна Црна Гора!}}). From the [[Oj, svijetla majska zoro|national anthem]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Morocco}}''': ''God, the Country, the King'' ({{langx|ar|الله، الوطن، الملك}}; ''Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FFBFF494-EE11-4387-A900-18D10EA578EA.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012133552/http://www.maroc.ma/NR/exeres/FFBFF494-EE11-4387-A900-18D10EA578EA.htm|url-status=dead|title=Gouvernement Du Royaume Du Maroc: Monarchy|archive-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref> Sovereign's motto: If you aid God, He will aid you  ({{Langx|ar|إن تَنصُروا اللهَ ينصُرُکُم}} {{Transliteration|ar|ʾIn tanṣurū 'Ilaha yanṣurukum}})<ref>{{cite web|title=National arms of Morocco |url=http://www.ngw.nl/heraldrywiki/index.php?title=National_Arms_of_Morocco|access-date=7 October 2015|quote=The motto "ن تنصروا الله ينصركم{{lrm}}" (If you glorify God, he will glorify you) is taken from the Qur'an (Verse 7, Sura 47).}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Myanmar}}''': Currently no official motto. Formerly: ''Happiness through harmony'' ({{langx|my|သမဂ္ဂါနံ တပေါ သုခေါ}}; ''Samaggānaṃ tapo sukho'').{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Namibia}}''': ''Unity, liberty, justice''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.grnnet.gov.na/Nav_frames/Nutshell_launch.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820231932/http://www.grnnet.gov.na/Nav_frames/Nutshell_launch.htm|archive-date=2006-08-20|title=Namibia in a Nutshell – Symbols|access-date=2006-08-23}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Nauru}}''': ''God's will first''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Geography/Nauru-17640.html|title=Nauru -Fun Facts and Information|access-date=2013-11-24}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Nepal}}''': ''Mother and motherland are greater than heaven'' ({{langx|sa|जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी}}; ''[[Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi]]'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.valmikiramayan.net/yuddha/sarga124/yuddhaitrans124.htm#Verse17|title=Valmiki Ramayana – Yuddha Kanda|website=www.valmikiramayan.net}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Netherlands}}''': ''I will maintain'' ({{langx|fr|Je maintiendrai}}, {{langx|nl|Ik zal handhaven}}).<ref name="koninklijkhuis.nl">{{cite web|url=http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/content.jsp?objectid=13335|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060507134647/http://www.koninklijkhuis.nl/english/content.jsp?objectid=13335|archive-date=2006-05-07|title=The Dutch royal house: The royal coat of arms|access-date=2006-08-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|New Zealand}}''': No official motto, formerly ''Onward''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mch.govt.nz/about/faq.html|title=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and heritage – FAQ|access-date=2008-03-11}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Nicaragua}}''': ''In God We Trust'' ({{langx|es|En Dios Confiamos|link=no}})<ref>As shown on the [[Nicaraguan córdoba|Córdoba]] (bank notes and coins); see for example [https://web.archive.org/web/20050218112731/http://www.bcn.gob.ni/moneda/circulacion/ Banco Central de Nicaragua]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Niger}}''': ''Fraternity, Work, Progress'' ({{langx|fr|Fraternité, Travail, Progrès}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assemblee.ne/texteslegaux/cons99.htm|title=Constitution du 18 juillet 1999|access-date=2006-08-23|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Nigeria}}''': ''Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress''.<ref>Article 15 of the {{cite web|url=http://www.nigeria-law.org/ConstitutionOfTheFederalRepublicOfNigeria.htm|title=Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria|access-date=2006-08-23}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Norway}}''': No official motto. [[Royal mottos of Norwegian monarchs|Royal motto]] of [[Harald V of Norway|Harald V]]: ''Everything for Norway'' ({{langx|no|Alt for Norge}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/norway/nosymbols.htm|title=Norway state symbol – songs, flags and more|access-date=2013-11-15}}</ref> and [[Kingdom of Norway (1814)|Eidsvoll oath]]: ''[[Enige og tro inntil Dovre faller|United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble]]'' ({{langx|no|Enige og tro inntil Dovre faller/Einige og tru til Dovre fell}})<ref>[[:nn:Einige og tru til Dovre fell]].</ref>{{Circular reference|date=August 2018}}
*'''{{flag|Oman}}''': ''God, The Nation, The Sultan'' ({{langx|ar|الله، الوطن، السلطان}}).
[[File:State emblem of Pakistan.svg|thumb|Pakistan: ''Īmān, Ittiḥād, Nazm.'' ([[Urdu]] "Faith, Unity, Discipline").]]
[[File:Coat of arms of Panama.svg|thumb|[[Panama]]: ''Pro mundi beneficio'' ([[Latin]]: "For the benefit of the world").]]
*'''{{flag|Pakistan}}''': ''[[Faith, Unity, Discipline]]'' ({{langx|ur|ايمان، اتحاد، نظم}}; ''Iman, Ittihad, Nazm'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infopak.gov.pk/BasicFacts.aspx|title=Information of Pakistan: Basic Facts|access-date=2006-08-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Panama}}''': ''For the benefit of the world'' ({{langx|la|Pro mundi beneficio}}).<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Escudo armas Panama.png|Coat of arms of Panama]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}''': ''Unity in Diversity''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=papua%20new%20guinea|title=Papua New Guinea – Guides and Maps|access-date=2013-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203014556/http://guidesandmaps.net/index.php?page=papua%20new%20guinea|archive-date=2013-12-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Paraguay}}''': ''Peace and justice'' ({{langx|es|Paz y justicia|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paraguaysp.com.br/himno.htm|title=Consulado General de la República del Paraguay|access-date=2006-08-26|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060427041813/http://www.paraguaysp.com.br/himno.htm|archive-date=2006-04-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Peru}}''': ''Firm and happy for the union'' ({{langx|es|[[Firme y feliz por la unión]]|link=no}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SpijExtWeb |url=https://spij.minjus.gob.pe/spij-ext-web/#/detallenorma/H1394636 |access-date=2025-10-17 |website=spij.minjus.gob.pe}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Philippines}}''': ''For God, for the people, for nature and for the country'' ({{langx|tl|[[Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa]]}}).<ref>Section 40 of {{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/RA8491.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923162644/http://www.gov.ph/aboutphil/RA8491.doc|archive-date=2006-09-23|title=Republic Act No. 8491: An act prescribing the code of the national flag, anthem, motto, coat-of-arms and other heraldic items and devices of the Philippines|access-date=2006-08-27|url-status=dead|format=DOC}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Poland}}''': No official motto. [[Unofficial mottos of Poland]] include: ''[[For our freedom and yours]]'' ({{langx|pl|Za wolność Naszą i Waszą}}); ''For Faith, Law and the People'' ({{langx|la|Pro Fide, Lege et Grege}}), and ''God, Honour, Fatherland'' ({{langx|pl|Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna}}).{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
*'''{{flag|Portugal}}''': ''This is my blissful beloved homeland'' ({{lang|pt|Esta é a ditosa Pátria minha amada}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Lesser CoA of the empire of Russia.svg|thumb|200px|right|The national motto of the [[Russian Empire]]: ''{{nowrap|Съ нами Богъ!}}''<br /> ({{transliteration|ru|S nami Bog!}})|alt=God is with us!, is inscribed on the [[Coat of arms of Russia]] as shown.]]
*'''{{flag|Romania}}''': No official motto. Formerly ''Nothing without God'' ({{langx|la|[[Nihil sine Deo]]}}), which has been proposed to return.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mediafax.ro/politic/noua-constitutie-propunerea-ca-nihil-sine-deo-sa-fie-deviza-romaniei-nu-a-intrunit-voturile-necesare-adoptarii-10933397|title=NOUA CONSTITUȚIE: Propunerea ca "Nihil sine Deo" să fie deviza României nu a întrunit voturile necesare adoptării|first=Liviu|last=Dadacus|newspaper=[[Mediafax]]|date=6 June 2013|language=ro}}</ref> Before ''Nihil sine Deo'', ''[[Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno|All for One]]'' ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Toți pentru unul'') was used as the motto of Romania for a short period of time, still being a popular patriotic phrase to this day and an unofficial motto.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adevarul.ro/news/eveniment/de-rosu-galben-albastrur-scurta-istorie-tricolorului--partea-i-1_565d770d7d919ed50ec6c42c/index.html|title=De ce roșu, galben și albastru? O scurtă istorie a tricolorului (partea I)|newspaper=[[Adevărul]]|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Russia}}''': Съ нами Богъ!
**Unofficial motto: ''[[Russia will be free]]'' ({{langx|ru|Россия будет свободной}})
**{{flag|Tatarstan}} Unofficial: ''We can!'' ({{langx|tt-Cyrl|Без Булдырабыз!|translit=Bez Buldırabız!}}).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-20 |title=Без булдырабыз! Публикуем яркие цитаты Минтимера Шаймиева |url=https://116.ru/text/politics/2022/01/20/70388798/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=116.ru – новости Казани |language=ru}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Rwanda}}''': ''Unity, Work, Patriotism'' ({{langx|rw|Ubumwe, Umurimo, Gukunda Igihugu}})<ref>Article 6 of {{cite web|url=http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Rwanda.pdf|title=Constitution de la République du Rwanda|access-date=2006-08-27|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622050947/http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Rwanda.pdf|archive-date=2007-06-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}}''': ''Liberty, Democracy, Unity'' ({{langx|ar|حرية، ديمقراطية، وحدة}}, {{langx|es|Libertad, Democracia, Unidad|link=no}})
*'''{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}}''': ''Country Above Self''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/st_kitts_nevis.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – St. Kitts and Nevis|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160400/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/st_kitts_nevis.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Saint Lucia}}''': ''The land, the people, the light''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/saintlucia.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Saint Lucia|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160317/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/saintlucia.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}}''': ''Peace and justice'' ({{langx|la|Pax et justitia}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/st_vincent_grenadines.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – St. Vincent and the Grenadines|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213025800/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/st_vincent_grenadines.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-02-13}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Samoa}}''': ''God be the Foundation of Samoa'' ({{langx|sm|Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.govt.ws/gi_details.cfm?gi_id=005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060330/http://www.govt.ws/gi_details.cfm?gi_id=005|archive-date=2007-09-28|title=Government of Samoa – Crest|access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|San Marino}}''': ''Liberty'' ({{langx|la|Libertas}})<ref>{{cite web|title=San Marino State Symbols, songs, flags and more|url=http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/europe/sanmarino/smsymbols.htm|access-date=2013-11-25}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}}''': ''Unity, Discipline, Work'' ({{langx|pt|Unidade, Disciplina, Trabalho}}).<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Coa São Tomé & Príncipe.PNG|coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}''': ''[[Shahada|There is no God other than God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God]]'' ({{langx|ar|لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله}}; ''Lā ʾilāha illā l-Lāh; Muḥammadu r-rasūlu l-Lāh'').<ref>As shown on the [[flag of Saudi Arabia]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Senegal}}''': ''One people, one goal, one faith'' ({{langx|fr|Un peuple, un but, une foi}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gouv.sn/textes/const_detail.cfm?numero=TITREPREMIER|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060725231741/http://www.gouv.sn/textes/const_detail.cfm?numero=TITREPREMIER|archive-date=2006-07-25|title= La Constitution : Titre Premier |website=Gouvernement du Sénégal |access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Serbia}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''[[Only Unity Saves the Serbs]]'' ({{langx|sr|Само слога Србина спасава / Samo sloga Srbina spasava}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Seychelles}}''': ''The end crowns the work'' ({{langx|la|Finis coronat opus}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egov.sc/GovernmentAgencies/natcesym/natcesym.ASPX|title= National Ceremony & Symbols |website=Government of Seychelles |access-date=2013-11-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324110913/http://www.egov.sc/GovernmentAgencies/natcesym/natcesym.ASPX |archive-date= Mar 24, 2014 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Sierra Leone}}''': ''Unity, freedom, justice''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statehouse-sl.org/constitution/constitution-ii.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030810162252/http://statehouse-sl.org/constitution/constitution-ii.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=August 10, 2003|title=National Constitution of Sierra Leone|access-date=2006-08-02}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Singapore}}''': ''Onward Singapore'' ({{langx|ms|[[Majulah Singapura]]}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinese-armorial.com/Singapore_1959/Singapore_1959.html|title=Singapore, 1959 – present|access-date=2013-11-18}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Slovakia}}''': ''[[Truth prevails]]'' ({{langx|sk|[[Pravda víťazí]]}}). Formerly (1939–1945) ''Faithful to Ourselves, Together Ahead!'' ({{langx|sk|Verní sebe, svorne napred!}}).
*'''{{flag|Solomon Islands}}:''' ''To lead is to serve''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://country-facts.findthedata.org/l/142/Solomon-Islands|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131122171553/http://country-facts.findthedata.org/l/142/Solomon-Islands|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-11-22|title=Solomon Islands Facts|access-date=2013-11-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Somalia}}''': No official motto. Currently unofficially and formerly officially (1947–2012) ''Arise Somalis!'' ({{Langx|so|Soomaaliyeey Toosoo!}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|South Africa}}''': ''Diverse people unite or Unity in Diversity'' ({{Langx|xam|ǃke e꞉ ǀxarra ǁke}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.za/about-sa/national-coat-arms|title=National Coat of Arms|website=South African Government|access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|South Sudan}}''': ''Justice, Liberty, Prosperity''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldatlas.com/flags/south-sudan | title=Flags, Symbols & Currency of South Sudan | date=24 February 2021 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Spain}}''': ''Further beyond'' ({{langx|la|[[Plus ultra|Plus Ultra]]}}).<ref name=Spain>{{cite web|url=http://www.la-moncloa.es/IDIOMAS/en-GB/Espana/ElEstado/Simbolos/Elescudo.htm|title=Spain: Symbols – The national coat of arms|access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Sudan}}''': ''Victory is Ours'' ({{langx|ar|النصر لنا}}; ''An-Naṣr Linā'').<ref>As shown on the [[:File:Sudan coa.gif|Coat of arms of Sudan]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Suriname}}''': ''Justice, piety, loyalty'' ({{langx|la|Justitia, pietas, fides}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/suriname.jsp?menu=community|title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Surinam|access-date=2006-08-02|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160249/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/suriname.jsp?menu=community|archive-date=2006-05-26}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Sweden}}''': No official national motto. [[Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs|Royal motto]] of [[Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden|Carl XVI Gustaf]]: ''For Sweden – with the Times'' ({{langx|sv|För Sverige – i tiden}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kungar.se/motto/|title=Motto's of the Swedish monarchs|access-date=2013-11-16}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Switzerland}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''One for all, all for one'' ({{langx|la|[[Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno]]}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
[[File:Coat of arms of Siam (greater).svg|thumb|The national motto of the [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Kingdom of Siam]], as shown on [[Chulalongkorn]]'s coat of arms]]
*'''{{flag|Taiwan}}''': No official motto. ''[[Three Principles of the People|Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare]]'' ({{lang-zh|民族、民權、民生}}) is the motto of the [[Kuomintang]] and ROC government.
*'''{{flag|Tajikistan}}''': ''Independence, Freedom, Homeland!'' ({{langx|tg|Истиқлол, Озодӣ, Ватан! / Istiqlol, Ozodi, Vatan!}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Tanzania}}''': ''Freedom and Unity'' ({{langx|sw|Uhuru na Umoja}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tanzania.go.tz/profile.html |title=Tanzania National website: Country profile |access-date=2006-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060721203345/http://www.tanzania.go.tz/profile.html |archive-date=2006-07-21 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Thailand}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''[[Nation, Religion, King]]'' ({{langx|th|ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์}}; {{Transliteration|th|Chat, Satsana, Phra Mahakasat}})<ref>ชนิดา พรหมพยัคฆ์ เผือกสม, '''การเมืองในประวัติศาสตร์ธงชาติไทย.''' กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักพิมพ์มติชน, 2546.</ref>
*'''{{flag|Togo}}''': ''Work, liberty, homeland'' ({{langx|fr|Travail, Liberté, Patrie}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.republicoftogo.com/fr/news/news.asp?newsID=6614|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070104075910/http://www.republicoftogo.com/fr/news/news.asp?newsID=6614|archive-date=2007-01-04|title=La constitution togolaise|access-date=2006-08-27|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Tonga}}''': ''God and Tonga are my Inheritance'' ({{langx|to|Ko e {{okina}}Otua mo Tonga ko hoku tofi{{okina}}a}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unisdr.org/archive/33990|title=Tonga's Motto inspires leaders to safeguard a resilient inheritance|date=17 July 2013 |access-date=2013-11-13}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}}''': ''Together we aspire, together we achieve''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/trinidad_tobago.jsp?menu=community |title=Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat – Trinidad and Tobago |access-date=2006-08-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526160457/http://www.caricom.org/jsp/community/trinidad_tobago.jsp?menu=community |archive-date=2006-05-26 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Tunisia}}''': ''[[Freedom, Order, Justice]]'' ({{langx|ar|حرية، نظام، عدالة}}; ''Ḥoṛiya, Niẓam, 'Adāla'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ministeres.tn/html/armorie.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930072642/http://www.ministeres.tn/html/armorie.html|archive-date=2006-09-30|title=Site du gouvernement tunisien – Armoiries|access-date=2006-08-23|language=fr}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Turkey}}''': Discover the Potential. Motto of the [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey|Parliament of Turkey]]: ''[[Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation]]'' ({{langx|tr|Egemenlik kayıtsız şartsız milletindir}}).<ref name="tbmm">[[Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation]]</ref> Other mottos: ''[[How happy is the one who says I am a Turk]]'' ({{langx|tr|Ne mutlu Türk'üm diyene}}), ''Either independence or death'' ({{langx|tr|Ya istiklâl ya ölüm}}), [[Peace at Home, Peace in the World]] ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Yurtta barış, dünyada barış, originally [[Peace at Home, Peace in the World|yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh]]).
*'''{{flag|Turkmenistan}}''': No official motto. Unofficial: ''Turkmenistan is the motherland of Neutrality'' ({{langx|tk|Türkmenistan Bitaraplygyň watanydyr!}}).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
[[File:United States one dollar bill, reverse.jpg|thumb|The national motto of the United States is [[In God We Trust]], as shown on the reverse of the [[United States one-dollar bill]].]]
*'''{{flag|Tuvalu}}''': ''Tuvalu for the Almighty'' ({{langx|tvl|Tuvalu mo te Atua}}).<ref>As shown on the [[:File:Coat of arms of Tuvalu.svg|coat of arms of Tuvalu]]</ref>
*'''{{flag|Uganda}}''': ''For God and My Country'' ({{langx|sw|kwa mungu na nchi yangu}}, also in English).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deluga.ec.europa.eu/en/country/index.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080116013600/http://www.deluga.ec.europa.eu/en/country/index.htm|archive-date=2008-01-16|title=Delegation of the European Commission to Uganda|access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Ukraine}}''': No official motto. ''[[Slava Ukraini|Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!]]'' ({{langx|uk|Слава Україні! Героям слава!|Slava Ukraini! Heroiam slava!}}; the transliteration of these slogans are also used in English) is the military greeting and ''de facto'' motto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unian.info/politics/10285848-ukraine-s-parliament-approves-new-army-police-greeting.html|title=Ukraine's parliament approves new army, police greeting|website=[[UNIAN]]|date=4 October 2018}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|United Kingdom}}''': No official motto.<ref>{{cite news|title=Brown denies 'British motto' plan|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7007152.stm|website=BBC News|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 July 2014}}</ref> Sovereign's motto: ''[[Dieu et mon droit]]'' (French: God and my right) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; ''[[In My Defens God Me Defend]]'' in Scotland.
*'''{{flag|United States}}''': ''[[In God We Trust]]'' (official), ''[[E Pluribus Unum]]'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: Out of many, one), (''de facto''). See also [[list of U.S. state and territory mottos]]
*'''{{flag|Uruguay}}''': ''Liberty or Death'' ({{langx|es|Libertad o Muerte|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discoveruruguay.com/about_uruguay_general_information.htm|title=Discover Uruguay|access-date=2006-10-28|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107125927/http://www.discoveruruguay.com/about_uruguay_general_information.htm|archive-date=2006-11-07}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Uzbekistan}}''': ''The Strength is in The Justice!'' ({{langx|uz|Kuch adolatdadir!}} / {{Lang|uz-Cyrl|Куч адолатдадир!}}){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*'''{{flag|Vanuatu}}''': ''In God we stand'' ({{langx|bi|Long God yumi stanap}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/6db3e3f0f763b9a3802565db005e953b?Opendocument|title=United Nations Human Rights Website – Core Document Forming Part of the State Parties – Vanuatu|access-date=2006-08-27}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Vatican City}}''': No official motto. Personal motto of [[Pope Leo XIV]]: In the one [Christ we are] one ({{langx|la|In illo uno unum}}).<ref>{{Cite web |last=CNA |title=14 things to know about Pope Leo XIV — the first U.S.-born pope |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/263975/14-things-to-know-about-pope-leo-xiv-the-first-us-born-pope#:~:text=His%20episcopal%20motto%20%E2%80%94%20which%20is%20a%20bishop%E2%80%99s%20personal%20motto%20%E2%80%94%20is%20%E2%80%9CIn%20illo%20uno%20unum,%E2%80%9D%20which%20means%20%E2%80%9CIn%20the%20one%20Christ%20we%20are%20one,%E2%80%9D%20reflecting%20his%20commitment%20to%20unity. |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Catholic News Agency |language=en}}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Venezuela}}''': Currently no official motto. Historical: ''God and Federation'' ({{langx|es|[[Dios y Federación]]|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.worldatlas.com/flags/venezuela | title=Flags, Symbols & Currency of Venezuela | date=24 February 2021 }}</ref>
*'''{{flag|Vietnam}}''': ''Independence, Liberty, Happiness'' ({{langx|vi|Ðộc lập, Tự do, Hạnh phúc}}).<ref>Thêm nhận thức về 6 chữ ‘Độc lập – Tự do – Hạnh phúc’ trong Quốc hiệu Việt Nam. (2020, February 9). In TUOI TRE ONLINE. https://tuoitre.vn/them-nhan-thuc-ve-6-chu-doc-lap-tu-do-hanh-phuc-trong-quoc-hieu-viet-nam-20200901155315637.htm The national motto is commonly seen on government documents after the name of the state.</ref>
*'''{{flag|Yemen}}''': ''God, Homeland, Revolution, Unity'' ({{langx|ar|الڷه، الوطن، الثورة، الوحدة}}; ''Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Ath-Thawrah, Al-Waḥdah'').<ref>Kamran, O. (2021, October 26). From Turkey to Syria: List of national "mottos" of 39 Muslim countries and their meanings. Siasat.Pk News Blog. Retrieved May 10, 2022, from https://blog.siasat.pk/here-is-a-list-of-all-national-mottos-belonging-to-muslim-countries/</ref>
*'''{{flag|Zambia}}''': ''One Zambia, One Nation''<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Coat of arms of Zambia.svg|coat of arms of Zambia]].</ref>
*'''{{flag|Zimbabwe}}''': ''Unity, Freedom, Work''<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Coat of arms of Zimbabwe.svg|coat of arms of Zimbabwe]].</ref>

== Semi autonomous dependencies ==
*{{flag|Andalusia}}: ''Andalucía por sí, para España y la Humanidad'' ''<br />{{small|Andalusia for herself, for Spain and for Humanity}}'' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Símbolos de Andalucía - Junta de Andalucía|url=https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/organismos/transparencia/informacion-institucional-organizativa/simbolos.html|access-date=2025-11-29}}</ref>
*{{flag|Anguilla}}: ''Unity, Strength and Endurance''{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|American Samoa}}: ''Samoa Muamua le Atua'' ''<br />{{small|Samoa, God is First}}'' ([[Samoan language|Samoan]])<ref>{{cite web|title=United States Mint- Samoa Quarter|url=https://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/DCAndTerritories/?action=dcterritories&local=AS|access-date=2014-01-13}}</ref>
*{{flag|Aruba}}: ''Semper progrediens'' ''<br />{{small|Always progressing}}'' ([[Latin]])<ref name="ReferenceA">As shown on the [[:File:Coat of arms of Sint Maarten.svg|Coat of arms of Sint Maarten]]</ref>
*{{flag|Asturias}}: ''Hoc Signo Tuetur Pius, Hoc Signo Vincitur Inimicus<br />{{small|With this sign thou shalt defend the pious, with this sign thou shalt defeat the enemy}}'' ([[Latin]]){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Azores}}: ''Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos<br />{{small|Rather die as free men than be enslaved in peace}}'' (Portuguese)<ref name="portugal">{{cite web|title=A Country Named Portugal – Os Herois Do Mar – Azores and Madeira |url=http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/country/22554.php?Page=4|access-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Basque Country}} [[Basque Country (greater region)|Basque Country]]: {{lang|eu|[[Zazpiak Bat]]}} ([[Basque language|Basque]]: The seven are one){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Bermuda}}: ''Quo fata ferunt'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: Whither the fates carry us)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bnl.bm/colmgt/colmgt-faqs/|title=Bermuda National Library Web Portal FAQ|access-date=2012-01-07}}</ref>
*{{flag|British Antarctic Territory}}: ''Research and Discovery''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britlink.org/british-antarctic-territory/ | title=British Antarctic Territory – Britlink | date=20 August 2019 }}</ref>
*{{flag|British Indian Ocean Territory}}: ''In tutela nostra Limuria'' ([[Latin]]: "[[Limuria]] is in our charge")<ref>{{cite web|url=https://biot.gov.io/governance/|title=British Indian Ocean Territory – Governance|access-date=2018-07-16}}</ref>
*{{flag|British Virgin Islands}}: Unofficial ''Vigilate''  ([[Latin]]: Be watchful)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://symbolhunt.com/british-virgin-islands/ | title=🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands National symbols: National Animal, National Flower | date=28 December 2020 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Brittany}}: ''Kentoc'h mervel eget bezañ saotret''  ([[Breton language|Breton]]: Rather death than dishonour)<ref>Gwenc'hlan Le Scouëzec, Guide de la Bretagne, page 40, Coop Breizh, Spézet, 1987; and Le Journal de la Bretagne des origines à nos jours, page 106, Larousse, Paris, 2001</ref>
*{{flag|Canary Islands}}: ''Océano'' (Spanish: Ocean)<ref>{{cite web|title=Coat of arms of the Canary Islands – Details and Evolution|url=http://www.oocities.org/athens/atrium/3642/arms.htm|access-date=2014-01-14}}</ref>
*{{flag|Catalonia}}: No official motto. Traditional motto / unofficial: ''Som i Serem'' ([[Catalan language|Catalan]]: "We are and We will be")
*{{flag|Cayman Islands}}: ''He hath founded it upon the seas''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.ky/portal/page/portal/cighome/cayman/islands/nationalsymbols/coatofarms|title=Coat of Arms|website=www.gov.ky|access-date=2018-02-03}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Cocos (Keeling) Islands}}: ''Maju Pulu Kita'' ({{Langx|coa|Onward our island}}){{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
*{{flag|Easter Island}}: Traditional motto / unofficial; ''He hanga te Atu'a he pakea te ma'eha ote mori nei ite he nua ta'atoa'' ([[Rapa Nui language|Rapa Nui]]: "May God let the clarity of this vital light be extended to all peoples"){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Falkland Islands}}: ''[[Desire the Right]]''{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{Flag|French Southern and Antarctic Lands}}: ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]''  (French: Liberty, equality, fraternity)
*{{flag|French Polynesia}}: ''Tahiti Nui Māre'are'a'' ([[Tahitian language|Tahitian]]: Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze) {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Galicia}}: ''Hoc hic mysterium fidei firmiter profitemur ([[Latin]]: "Here, we firmly profess this mystery of faith")''{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Gibraltar}}: ''Montis Insignia Calpi'' ({{langx|la|Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar}}) and ''Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti'' ({{langx|la|Conquerable by no enemy}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gibraltar.gov.gi/national-symbols|title=Gibraltar – National Symbols|access-date=2013-11-18}}</ref> 
*{{flag|Irkutsk Oblast}}: Babr
*{{flag|Isle of Man}}: ''Quocunque Ieceris Stabit'' ([[Latin]]: Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://manxscenes.com/aaa/iom_facts.htm|title=Some basic facts about the Isle of Man|access-date=2013-11-19}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Kurdistan Region}}: No official motto.  Unofficial motto/proverb: ''ھیچ دۆستێک جگە لە چیاکان'' ([[Kurdish language|Kurdish]]: "[[No friends but the mountains]]").  Also used is the title of the regional anthem "[[Ey Reqîb]]" (Kurdish: "O, Enemy"){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Madeira}}: ''Das Ilhas, As Mais Belas E Livres'' (Portuguese: Of the Islands, the Most Beautiful and Free)<ref name="portugal"/>
*{{flag|Montserrat}}: ''A people of excellence, moulded by nature, nurtured by God'' {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|New Caledonia}}: ''Terre de parole, terre de partage'' (French: Land of speech, land of sharing)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indexmundi.com/new_caledonia/ | title=New Caledonia – Country Profile – 2020 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Niue}}: ''Atua, Niue Tukulagi'' ([[Niuean language|Niuean]]: God, Niue Eternally){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Nuevo León}}: ''Semper Ascendens'' ([[Latin]]: Always Ascending).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Puerto Rico}}: ''Joannes est nomen ejus'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "John is his name"). Taken from the [[Vulgate]] translation of [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] 1:63, referring to the fact that the island's former name was "San Juan" (now the [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|capital]]'s name) in honour of Saint [[John the Baptist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Puerto Rico – Arms and Seal|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/pr).html|access-date=2013-11-12}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Réunion}}: ''[[Florebo quocumque ferar]]'' ([[Latin]]: I will flourish wherever I am brought){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{Flag|Saba}}: ''Remis velisque'' ([[Latin]]: With oars and sails){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Saint Helena}}: ''Loyal and unshakeable''{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{Flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon}}: ''A Mare Labor'' ([[Latin]]: From the Sea, Work)<ref>{{Citation|title=Saint Pierre and Miquelon|date=2020-04-28|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon&oldid=953638132|work=Wikipedia|access-date=2020-05-03}}</ref>
*{{flag|Scotland}}: Sovereign's motto: ''[[In My Defens God Me Defend]] (Often shown abbreviated as IN DEFENS)'' and ''[[Nemo Me Impune Lacessit]]'' ([[Latin]]: No-one provokes me with impunity)
*{{flag|Sicily}}: ''An.Tu.Do. ANimus TUus DOminus'' ([[Latin]]: Courage is your lord).{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Sint Maarten}}: ''Semper progrediens'' ([[Latin]]: ''Always progressing'')<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
*{{flag|South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands}}: ''Leo terram propriam protegat'' ([[Latin]]: "Let the lion protect his own land"){{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Tokelau}}: ''Tokelau mo te Atua'' ([[Tokelauan language|Tokelauan]]: Tokelau For The Almighty)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tokelau.org.nz/About+Us/Government/Tokelau+Flag+and+National+Symbol.html|title=Tokelau Flag and National Symbol|access-date=2013-11-21}}</ref> 
*{{flag|Tristan da Cunha}}: ''Our faith is our strength''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tristandacunha.org/|title=TristanDaCunha.org}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Wales}}: ''Cymru am byth'' ([[Welsh language|Welsh]]: Wales Forever, alternatively Long live Wales)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/fun-stuff/cymru-am-byth-meaning-behind-8592076|title=The meaning behind the Welsh motto #cymruambyth|first=Victoria|last=Jones|date=February 6, 2015|website=WalesOnline}}</ref>
*{{Flag|Wallis and Futuna}}: ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité]]''  (French: Liberty, equality, fraternity){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands}}: ''United In Pride And Hope''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/20091103-us-virgin-islands-official-first-day-coin-cover-available|title=U.S. Virgin Islands Official First Day Coin Cover Available November 10|date=2009-11-03|website=U.S. Mint|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref>
*{{flag|Zanzibar}}: ''Zanzibar kwa Afrika; Zanzibar kwa ajili ya Dunia'' ([[Swahili language|Swahili]]: "Zanzibar for Africa — Zanzibar for the world")
*{{flag|Åland}}: ''Islands of Peace''{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

==Historical countries==
*{{flag|Austria-Hungary}}: ''Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter'' ([[Latin]]: "Indivisible and inseparable unity").<ref>As shown [[:Image:Austria-Hungaria transparency.png|on the coat of arms]].</ref>
*{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic]]: ''Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq bir daha enməz!'' ([[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]]: "The flag once raised will never fall!"){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: ''[[In Treue fest]]'' (German: "Steadfast in loyalty")<ref>Joost Augusteijn, Storm. H. J., ''Region and State in Nineteenth-Century Europe: Nation-Building, Regional Identities and Separatism'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, 
[https://books.google.com/books?id=-cVrs_hXWt0C&pg=PA102 p. 102].</ref> 
*{{Flagicon|Biafra}} [[Republic of Biafra]]: ''Peace, Unity, Freedom''{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic}}: ''[[Workers of the world, unite!|Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся!]]'' (''Praletaryi ŭsich krain, jadnajciesja!'') ([[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]: Workers of the world, unite!){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Empire of Brazil}}: ''Independência ou Morte''! (Portuguese: Independence or Death!){{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Byzantine Empire}}: "King of Kings, Ruling Over Kings" (Greek: ''βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων''; ''Basileus Basileōn, Basileuōn Basileuontōn'') under the Palaiologos dynasty.<ref>{{Cite book|last=D'Amato|first=Raffaele|title=Byzantine Naval Forces 1261–1461 : the Roman Empire's Last Marines.|date=2016|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing Plc|others=Igor Dzis, Peter Dennis|isbn=978-1-4728-0730-4|location=London|page=39|oclc=1021804299}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Gruber|first=Isaiah|title=Orthodox Russia in Crisis : Church and Nation in the Time of Troubles|date=2012|isbn=978-1-60909-049-4|location=DeKalb, Illinois|page=47|oclc=1129583738}}</ref>
*{{flag|Republic of China (1912–1949)|name=Republic of China (Mainland period)}}: No official motto. Unofficial: ''[[Three Principles of the People|Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare]]'' ({{lang-zh|民族、民權、民生}}), the historical motto of the [[Kuomintang]] and the [[Nationalist government]].{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Confederate States of America}}: ''[[Deo vindice]]'' ([[Latin]]: With [[God]] as our defender/[[wikt:protector|protector]])<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Sigillologia. Being Some Account of the Great or Broad Seal of the Confederate States of America. A Monograph |url=https://archive.org/stream/sigillologiabein00pick#page/4/mode/2up/search/%22Deo+vindice%22 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Kervand & Towers |date=1873 |pages=4–5 |lccn=10019533 |ol=25400537M |via=Powell & Ginck}}</ref>
*{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} (1918–1993): ''[[Pravda vítězí]]'' ([[Czech language|Czech]]), ''Pravda víťazí'' ([[Slovak language|Slovak]]), ''Veritas vincit'' ([[Latin]]), all meaning "[[Truth prevails]]" {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Republic of the Seven United Netherlands}}: ''[[Unity makes strength|Concordia res parvae crescunt]]'' (Small things flourish by concord; Literally translated as: Together the small will grow){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Ethiopian Empire}} ''ሞዓ አንበሰ ዘአምነባደ ይሁዳ'' (''Moa Ambassa ze Imnegede Yehuda'') ([[Ge'ez language|Ge'ez]]: Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah).<ref name="ethiopia" />
*{{flag|Republic of Florence}}: ''Regna cadunt luxu surgunt virtutibus urbes!'' ([[Latin]]: Fall, you kingdoms of luxury, for the cities of virtue shall thrive!){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|French First Republic}}: Various mottos ranging from "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death." (French: ''[[Liberté, égalité, fraternité|Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité]] ou la Mort'') to "Unity, indivisibility of the Republic; liberty, equality, brotherhood or death" (French: ''Unité, Indivisibilité de la République; Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité ou la mort'').<ref>{{cite web|last=étrangères|first=Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires|title=Liberty, Equality, Fraternity|url=https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/coming-to-france/france-facts/symbols-of-the-republic/article/liberty-equality-fraternity|access-date=2021-03-27|website=France Diplomacy – Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs}}</ref>
*{{flag|Kingdom of France}}: ''[[Montjoie Saint Denis!]]'' (French){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Vichy France}} (1940–1944): ''[[Travail, Famille, Patrie]]'' (French: Work, Family, Homeland)
*{{flag|Kingdom of Galicia}}: ''Hoc hic mysterium fidei firmiter profitemur'' (Latin: Here is the mystery of faith that we strongly profess){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|West Germany}} (1949–1990): ''Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit'' (German: Unity and justice and freedom){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|East Germany}} (1949–1990): ''[[Workers of the world, unite!|Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch!]]'' (German: Workers of all countries, unite!)
*{{flag|German Empire}} (1871–1918): ''Gott mit uns'' (German: God with us)<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Wappen Deutsches Reich - Reichswappen (Grosses).svg|Greater coat of arms of the German Empire]]</ref>
*{{flag|Nazi Germany}} (1933–1945): ''Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer'' (German: One People, One Realm, One Leader.)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Definition of EIN VOLK, EIN REICH, EIN FÜHRER |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ein+Volk%2C+ein+Reich%2C+ein+F%C3%BChrer |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=www.merriam-webster.com }}</ref>
*{{flag|Kingdom of Greece}} (1832–1924 and 1935–67): ''Ίσχύς μου ή άγάπη του λαού'' (''Iskhis mou i ayapi tou laou'') ({{langx|el| The love of the people is my strength}})<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.formerkingofgreece.org/en/genealogical-tree/464-king-geoerge-a.html|title=The Greek Royal Family|access-date=2013-11-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610223747/http://www.formerkingofgreece.org/en/genealogical-tree/464-king-geoerge-a.html|archive-date=2015-06-10}}</ref>
*{{flag|Habsburg Monarchy}}: [[A.E.I.O.U.]] "All the world is subject to Austria" (German: ''Alles Erdreich ist Österreich untertan''. Latin: ''Austria est imperare orbis universo'')<ref>{{cite web|title=AEIOU|url=https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/aeiou|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Die Welt der Habsburger}}</ref>
*{{flag|Hawaiian Kingdom}}: ''[[Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono]]'' ([[Hawaiian language|Hawaiian]]: The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ltgov.hawaii.gov/blog/ua-mau-ke-ea-o-ka-aina-i-ka-pono/|title=Lt. Governor of the State of Hawaiʻi Shan S. Tsutsui – UA MAU KE EA O KA 'ĀINA I KA PONO|access-date=2014-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714223223/http://ltgov.hawaii.gov/blog/ua-mau-ke-ea-o-ka-aina-i-ka-pono/|archive-date=2014-07-14|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Iran|1925}} [[Pahlavi dynasty|Imperial State of Iran]]: ''مرا داد فرمود و خود داور است'' (''Marā dād farmūd-o khod dāvar ast'') ([[Persian language|Persian]]: Justice He bids me do, as He will judge me).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fotw.info/flags/ir_imp-i.html |title=Iranian Empire (Pahlavi dynasty): Imperial standards |access-date=2007-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070412122220/https://www.fotw.info/flags/ir_imp-i.html |archive-date=2007-04-12 }}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Italy|1861}} [[Kingdom of Italy]]: ''[[FERT|Foedere et Religione Tenemur]]'' (FERT) ([[Latin]]: We are held together by pact and by religion)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torinocuriosa.it/curiosita.php?cdcur=144|title=I secreti del motto sabaudo FERT|access-date=2013-11-19|language=it|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131119110945/http://www.torinocuriosa.it/curiosita.php?cdcur=144|archive-date=2013-11-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>'', [[FERT|Fortitudo Eius Rempublicam Tenet]]'' (FERT) ([[Latin]]: 'His bravery [or strength] preserves [or defends] the state')
*{{flag|Ireland|green}} [[Irish Catholic Confederation]]: ''Hiberni unanimes pro Deo Rege et Patria'' (Latin: Irishmen united for God, king and country)
*{{flag|Italian Social Republic}}: ''Per l'onore d'Italia'' (Italian: For the honor of Italy) {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Korean Empire}}: 광명천지 (光明天地, ''Kwangmyeong Cheonji'') "Let there be light across the land"{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|First Mexican Empire}}: ''Independencia, Unión, Religion'' (Spanish: "Independence, Union, Religion"), the [[Plan of Iguala|three guarantees]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.memoriapoliticademexico.org/Efemerides/2/24021821.html|title=Memoria Política de México|website=www.memoriapoliticademexico.org}}</ref>
*{{flag|Second Mexican Empire}}: ''Equidad en la Justicia'' (Spanish: "Equity in Justice")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revistalarazonhistorica.com/28-6/|title=28.6|website=Revista La razón histórica}}</ref>
*{{flag|Netherlands Antilles}}: ''Libertate Unanimus'' ([[Latin]]: United in Freedom)<ref name="koninklijkhuis.nl"/>
*{{flag|Newfoundland}}: ''Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei'' ([[Latin]]: Seek ye first the kingdom of God){{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Crown Colony of North Borneo}}: ''Pergo et Perago'' ([[Latin]]: I undertake and I achieve){{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Ottoman Empire}}: ''دولت ابد مدت‎'' (''Devlet-i Ebed-müddet'') ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: "The Eternal State")<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=McDonald|first1=Sean|last2=Moore|first2=Simon|date=2015-10-20|title=Communicating Identity in the Ottoman Empire and Some Implications for Contemporary States|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2015.1090439|journal=Atlantic Journal of Communication|volume=23|issue=5|pages=269–283|doi=10.1080/15456870.2015.1090439|s2cid=146299650 |issn=1545-6870|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|Philippines|1985}} [[History of the Philippines (1965–1986)|Fourth Philippine Republic]]: ''[[Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa]]'' ([[Filipino language|Filipino]]: "One Country, One Spirit"). Abolished after the 1986 [[People Power Revolution]].<ref>As defined in {{cite web|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1978/pd_1413_1978.html |title=Presidential Decree No. 1413 of the Philippines|access-date=2013-11-18}}</ref>
*{{flag|Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth}}: ''[[Pro Fide, Lege et Rege|Pro fide, lege, et rege]]'' ([[Latin]]: "For Faith, Law, and King"); ''Si Deus nobiscum quis contra nos?'' ([[Latin]]: If God is with us, then who is against us?){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Kingdom of Portugal|1830}}: ''[[In hoc signo vinces|In Hoc Signo Vinces]]'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "By this sign you shall conquer"). In a legend retold in the [[national epic]] ''[[Os Lusiadas]]'' by [[Luís Vaz de Camões]], the first [[King of Portugal]] saw the ''[[Coat of arms of Portugal#Quinas|Quinas]]'' (the five blue [[inescutcheon]]s with silver [[bezant]]s), in a miracle, during the [[Battle of Ourique]]. The usage of this motto is well documented on coins, monuments and documents.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Prussia}}: ''[[Suum cuique]]'' (Latin: "To each his own") 1525–1947{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Republic of Ragusa}}: ''Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta'' ([[Croatian language|Croatian]]: Freedom is not sold for all the gold in the world){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Rhodesia}}: ''Sit Nomine Digna'' ([[Latin]]: May she be worthy of the name){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Russian Empire|1914}}: ''[[Gott mit uns|Съ нами Богъ!]]'' (''S nami Bog!'') ([[Russian language|Russian]]: God is with us!) and ''За Вѣру, Царя и Отечество!'' (''Za Veru, Tsarya i Otechestvo!'') ([[Russian language|Russian]]: For Faith, For Tsar, For Fatherland){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russian State]]: ''Единая и Неделимая Россия!'' (''Yedinaya i Nedelimaya Rossiya!'') ([[Russian language|Russian]]: United and Indivisible Russia!) and ''[[In hoc signo vinces|Симъ побѣдиши!]]'' (''Sim pobedishi!'') ([[Russian language|Russian]]: In this, conquer!){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*[[Roman Empire]] and previously [[Roman Republic]]: ''Senatus Populusque Romanus'' ([[Latin]]: The Senate and people of Rome, often abbreviated [[SPQR]])
*{{flag|Union of South Africa}}: ''[[Ex Unitate Vires]]'' ([[Latin]]: Union is Strength)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.safariafrica.co.za/tourist-information/south-african-coat-of-arms.htm|title=South African Coat of Arms (history)|access-date=2013-11-20}}</ref>
*{{flag|Upper Volta}}: ''Unité, Travail, Justice'' (French: Unity, Work, Justice) {{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Raj of Sarawak}}: ''Dum Spiro, Spero'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "While I breathe, I hope")<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Sarawak Royal Emblem.png|coat of arms of Sarawak]].</ref>
*{{flag|Kingdom of Scotland}}: ''[[In my defens God me defend]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=82cNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA514 |title=The Progress and Public Processions of Queen Elizabeth, by John Nichols |access-date=30 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430112905/https://books.google.com/books?id=82cNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA514 |archive-date=30 April 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Nichols |first1=John |year=1823 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XlE0AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PT218 |title=The Fourth part of the Institutes of Laws of England: Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts, by Edward Coke |access-date=30 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617095916/https://books.google.com/books?id=XlE0AAAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PT218 |archive-date=17 June 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Coke |first1=Sir Edward |year=1671 }}</ref>
*{{flag|Shanghai International Settlement}}: ''Omnia Juncta in Uno'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "All Joined into One")<ref>As shown on the [[:Image:Seal of the Shanghai International Settlement.svg|Seal of the Shanghai International Settlement]].</ref>
*{{flagicon|Thailand|1855}} [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]] (1873–1910) : ''สพฺเพสํ สงฺฆภูตานํ สามคฺคี วุฑฺฒิ สาธิกา'' ([[Pāli]]: शब्बेसम् सम्घभुतनम् समग्घि भुद्धि सधिक, ''Sabbesaṃ saṃghabhūtānaṃ samagghī vuḍḍhi sadhikā'', "Unity amongst those uniting brings about success and prosperity")<ref>Present in [[:file:Coat of arms of Siam (greater).svg|Chulalongkorns coat of arms]]</ref>
*{{flag|Soviet Union}}: [[Workers of the world, unite!|Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!]] (''Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!'') ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Proletarians of all nations, unite!)  (Also translated into the languages of the other fourteen republics)
*{{flag|South Yemen}}: ''لنناضل من أجل الدفاع عن الثورة اليمنية، وتنفيذ الخطة الخمسية، وتحقيق الوحدة اليمنية'' ([[Arabic]]: For the struggle to defend the Yemeni revolution, implement the five-year plan, and achieve the Yemeni unification)
*{{flag|Francoist Spain}}: ''Una, Grande y Libre'' (Spanish: One, Great and Free) and ''Plus Ultra'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: Further Beyond){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Republic of Texas}}: ''[[Remember the Alamo]]''<ref name="Staff">{{cite web |title=Flags and Other Symbols {{!}} TX Almanac |url=https://www.texasalmanac.com/articles/flags-and-other-symbols |website=www.texasalmanac.com |access-date=26 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122002636/https://www.texasalmanac.com/articles/flags-and-other-symbols |archive-date=22 January 2022 |date=2023}}</ref><ref name="Greenfield2001">{{cite news |last1=Greenfield |first1=David |title=Texas Tidbits |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-tidbits-64/ |access-date=26 September 2023 |work=Texas Monthly |date=1 March 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003222809/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/texas-tidbits-64/ |archive-date=3 October 2015}}</ref>
*{{flag|Republic of Venice}}: ''Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus'' ([[Latin language|Latin]]: "Peace be to you [[Mark the Evangelist|Mark]], my evangelist"){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|North Vietnam}}: ''Ðộc lập, Tự do, Hạnh phúc'' ([[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]: Independence, Liberty, Happiness)
{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flag|Wallachia}}: ''Dreptate, Frăție'' ([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: "Justice, Brotherhood").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ro.wikisource.org/wiki/Decretul_No._1_al_Guvernului_provisoriu_al_%C8%9A%C4%83rii-Rom%C3%A2nesci|title=Decretul No. 1 al Guvernului provisoriu al Țării-Românesci – Wikisource|website=ro.wikisource.org}}</ref>
*{{flag|West Indies Federation}}: ''To dwell together in unity''{{Citation needed|date=January 2013}}
*{{flagicon|Württemberg}} [[Kingdom of Württemberg]]: ''Furchtlos und treu'' (German: Fearless and faithful){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Yugoslavia}}: "[[Brotherhood and unity]]". ([[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]]: ''Братство и јединство / Bratstvo i jedinstvo'', [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]: ''Братство и единство'', [[Slovene language|Slovene]]: ''Bratstvo in enotnost'', [[Albanian language|Albanian]]: ''Vllaznim-Bashkim'', later ''Vëllazërim-Bashkim'', [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''Testvériség és egység'', [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Frăție și unitate'', [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: ''Братерство і єдність''){{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
*{{flag|Zaire}}: ''Paix — Justice — Travail'' (French: Peace — Justice — Work)<ref>''Constitution de la République du Zaïre'', article 5: "Sa devise est : Paix — Justice — Travail". Source: ''Journal Officiel de la République du Zaïre'' (N. 1 du 1er janvier 1983)</ref>

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