Many countries choose to include the national motto in the coat of arms. Here, the coat of arms of Antigua and Barbuda with the national motto, Each endeavouring, all achieving.
This page lists state and national mottos for the world's independent 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.
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- Template:Flag: بالشعب و للشعب (Arabic, By the people and for the people)[1]
- Template:Flag: Virtus, Unita, Fortior (Latin, Virtue, Unity, Strength)[2]
- Template:Flag: Each endeavouring, all achieving[3]
- Template:Flag: En Unión y Libertad (Spanish, In Union and Liberty)[4]
- Template:Flag: none, formerly Advance Australia[5]
- Template:Flag: none. Formerly AEIOU, with one possible meaning being Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Latin, It is Austria's destiny to rule the world)
- Template:Flag: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin, Indivisible and inseparable) [6]
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- Template:Flag: Forward, Upward, Onward Together[7]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Pride and Industry[8]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Eendracht maakt macht, L'union fait la fordfce and Einigkeit gibt Stärke (Dutch, French and German, Unity gives Strength)[9]
- Template:Flag: Sub umbra floreo (Latin, Under the shade I flourish)[10]
- Template:Flag: Fraternité, Justice, Travail (French, Fellowship, Justice, Labour)[11]
- Template:Flag: "Quo fata ferunt" (latin) wither the fates carry us
- Template:Flag: La Unión es la Fuerza (Spanish, Unity is Strength)[12]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Pula (Tswana, Rain)[13]
The national motto of Brazil, Ordem e progresso (Order and progress), is inscribed on the flag.
- Template:Flag: Ordem e progresso (Portuguese, Order and progress)[14]
- Template:Flag: Always in service with God's guidance[15]
- Template:Flag: Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian, The Unity makes the strength)[16]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Progrès, Justice (French, Unity, Progress, Justice)[17]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, Unity, Work, Progress)[18]
C[]
- Template:Flag: Nation, Religion, King[19]
- Template:Flag: Paix - Travail - Patrie (French, Peace, Work, Fatherland)[20]
- Template:Flag: A mari usque ad mare (Latin, From sea to sea)[21]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Dignité, Travail (French, Unity, Dignity, Work)[22]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, Unity, Work, Progress)[23]
- Template:Flag: Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish, By reason or by strength)[24]
- Template:Flag: Libertad y orden (Spanish, Freedom and order)[25]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Justice, Progrès (French, Unity, justice, progress)[26]
- Template:Flag: Deo Vindice (Latin, Under God, Our Vindicator)[27]
- Template:Flag: Justice - Paix - Travail (French, Justice, Peace, Work)[28]
- Template:Flag: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, Unity, Work, Progress)[29]
- Template:Flag: Vivan siempre el trabajo y la paz (Spanish, Long live work and peace)Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Union, Discipline, Travail (French, Unity, Discipline, Labor)[30]
- Template:Flag:: Bog i Hrvati(Croatian, God and Croats)Template:Fact
- Vjera u Boga i hrvatska sloga (Croatian, Trust in God and croatian unity)Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Patria o muerte (Spanish, Homeland or death)[31]
- Template:Flag: Pravda vítězí! (Czech, Truth prevails!)[32]
D[]
- Template:Flag: None. Motto of Queen Margrethe II: Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (Danish, God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength)
- Template:Flag: Unity, Equality, Peace[33]
- Template:Flag: Après le Bondie, C'est la Ter (French Patois, After the Good Lord, we love the Earth)[34]
- Template:Flag: Dios, Patria, Libertad (Spanish, God, Country, Liberty)[35]
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- Template:Flag: Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese, Honour, homeland and people)[36]
- Template:Flag: Dios, patria y libertad (Spanish, God, homeland and liberty)Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Dios, Unión, Libertad (Spanish, God, Union, Liberty)[37]
- Template:Flag: Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Spanish, Unity, Peace, Justice)[38]
- Template:Flag: None
- Template:Flag: In varietate concordia (Latin for United in diversity, Unie dans la diversité, etc.Translated into the languages of the member states of the EU)[39]
The obverse of the French 1 euro coins displays the national motto, Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, equality, fraternity).
F[]
- Template:Flag: Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na Tui (Fijian, Fear God and honour the Queen)[40]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French, Liberty, equality, brotherhood)[41]
G[]
- Template:Flag: Union, Travail, Justice (French, Union, Work, Justice)[42]
- Template:Flag: Progress, Peace, Prosperity[43]
- Template:Flag: ძალა ერთობაშია! (Dzala ertobashia) (Georgian, Strength is in Unity)[44]
- Template:Flag: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German, Unity and Justice and Freedom)
- Template:Flag: Freedom and Justice[45]
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- Ελευθερία ή θάνατος (transliterated as Eleutheria i thanatos) (Greek: Liberty or death, Freedom or Death)
- Ισχύς Μου Η Αγάπη Του Λαού (transliterated as Ischis Mou I Agapi Tou Laou) (Greek: My Power [is] the Love of the People), Royal Motto under the Glücksburg dynasty
- Patris, Thriskeia, Oikogeneia (Greek: Fatherland, Religion, Family) (during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974)
- Template:Flag: Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, and Advance as One People[46]
- Template:Flag: Libre Crezca Fecundo (Spanish: Grow Free and Fertile)[47]
- Template:Flag: Travail, Justice, Solidarité (French, Work, Justice, Solidarity)[48]
- Template:Flag: Unidade, Luta, Progresso (Portuguese, Unity, Struggle, Progress)[49]
- Template:Flag: One people, one nation, one destiny[50]
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- Template:Flag: L'union fait la force (French, Unity makes strength)[51]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Libre, Soberana E Independiente(Spanish, Free, sovereign and independent)[52]
- Template:Flag: none, formerly Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae (Latin, Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary)
The flag of Iraq displays the national motto, Allahu Akbar (God is Great).
I[]
- Template:Flag: Með lögum skal land byggja (Upon law shall a country be built"
- Template:Flag: सत्यमेव जयते (Satyameva Jayate) (Sanskrit, Truth alone triumphs)[53]
- Template:Flag: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese, Unity in diversity)[54]
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- de facto: Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī[55] (Persian, Independence, freedom, (the) Islamic Republic)
- de jure: Allaho Akbar (Arabic, God is Great)[56]
- The imperial motto, before the Islamic revolution, was Marā dād farmūd-o khod dāvar ast (Persian, Justice He bids me do, as He will judge me).[57]
- Template:Flag: الله أكبر (Allahu Akbar) (Arabic, God is Great)[58]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: none
J[]
- Template:Flag: Out of many, one people[59]
- Template:Flag: none.
- Template:Flag: الله الوطن المليك (Allah, Alwattan, Almaleek) God, country, sovereign
The motto of Kiribati, Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Health, Peace and Prosperity), is shown on the coat of arms.
K[]
- Template:Flag: Harambee (Swahili, Let's work together)[60]
- Template:Flag: Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Kiribati, Health, Peace and Prosperity)[61]
- Template:Flag: 강성대국 (强盛大國, Gang Seong Dae Guk) (Korean, Prosperous and great country)
- Template:Flag: 홍익인간 (弘益人間, Hong Ik In Gan) (Korean, Benefit all mankind)
- Template:Flag: none
L[]
- Template:Flag: Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity[62]
- Template:Flag: Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (Latvian, For Fatherland and Freedom) Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Khotso, Pula, Nala (Sotho, Peace, Rain, Prosperity)[63]
- Template:Flag: All for our nation
- Template:Flag: The love of liberty brought us here[64]
- Template:Flag: Für Gott, Fürst und Vaterland (German, For God, Prince and Fatherland)Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Tautos jėga vienybėje (Lithuanian, The strength of the nation lies in unity)
- Template:Flag: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn (Luxembourgish, We wish to remain what we are)[65]
M[]
- Template:Flag: Слобода или Смрт (Sloboda ili Smrt)- Freedom or Death Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana (Malagasy, Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress)[66]
- Template:Flag: Unity and Freedom[67]
- Template:Flag: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu (Malay, Unity is Strength)[68]
- Template:Flag: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French, One people, one goal, one faith)[69]
- Template:Flag: شرف إخاء ع or Honneur, Fraternité, Justice (Arabic and French, Honor, Fraternity, Justice)[70]
- Template:Flag: Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin, Star and key of the Indian Ocean)[71]
- Template:Flag: None
- Template:Flag: Deo juvante (Latin, With God's help)[72]
- Template:Flag: Čojstvo i junaštvo / Чојство и јунаштво (Serbian, Manliness and heroism )Template:Fact
- Template:Flag: الله، الوطن، الملك (Arabic, God, the Country, the King)[73]
N[]
- Template:Flag: Unity, liberty, justice[74]
- Template:Flag: God's will first[75]
- Template:Flag: जननी जन्मभूमिष्च स्वर्गादपि गरियसि (Sanskrit, Mother and motherland are greater than heaven)[76]
- Template:Flag: Je maintiendrai, Ik zal handhaven (French, Dutch I will stand fast)[77]
- Template:Flag: none[78]
- Template:Flag: En Dios Confiamos (Spanish, In god we trust)[79]
- Template:Flag: Fraternité, Travail, Progrès (French, Fraternity, Work, Progress)[80]
- Template:Flag: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress[81]
- Template:Flag: none Royal motto: Alt for Norge (Norwegian, Everything for Norway)
O[]
- Template:Flag: none
P[]
The coat of arms of Panama displays the national motto, Pro mundi beneficio (Latin for For the benefit of the world).
- Template:Flag: Ittihad, Yaqeen-mukkam, Nizam (Urdu, Unity, Faith, Discipline)[82]
- Template:Flag: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin, For the benefit of the world)[83]
- Template:Flag: Unity in DiversityTemplate:Fact
- Template:Flag: Paz y justicia (Spanish, Peace and justice)[84]
- Template:Flag: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Tagalog, For God, People, Nature and Country)[85]
- Former: Isang bansa, isang diwa (Tagalog, One nation, one spirit)
- Template:Flag: no official motto (see Unofficial mottos of Poland).
- Template:Flag: none
Q[]
- Template:Flag: none
R[]
- Roman Republic and Roman Empire: Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin, The Senate and people of Rome, often abbreviated SPQR)
- Template:Flag: none; formerly Nihil Sine Deo (Latin, Nothing without God)
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Patriotism[86]
S[]
- Template:Flag: حرية ديمقراطية وحدة (Hassānīya Arabic, Liberty, Democracy, Unity)[87]
- Template:Flag: Country Above Self[88]
- Template:Flag: The land, the people, the light[89]
- Template:Flag: Pax et justitia (Latin, Peace and justice)[90]
- Template:Flag: Fa'avae i le Atua Samoa (Samoan, God be the Foundation of Samoa)[91]
- Template:Flag: Libertas (Latin, Liberty)[92]
- Template:Flag: لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله (lā ilāhā illā-llāhu; muhammadu-r-rasūlu-llāhi) (Arabic, (from the shahada) There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet)[93]
- Template:Flag: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French, One people, one goal, one faith)[94]
- Template:Flag: Само Слога Србина Спашава (Serbian), "Only Unity Saves the Serbs"
- Template:Flag: Finis coronat opus (Latin, The end crowns the work)[95]
- Template:Flag: Unity, freedom, justice[96]
- Template:Flag: Majulah Singapura (Malay, Onward Singapore)[97]
- Template:Flag: Afferant Montes Pacem Populo (Latin, May mountains bring people peace)
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: To lead is to serve[98]
- Template:Flag: !ke e: /xarra //ke (/Xam, Diverse people unite or Unity in Diversity)[99]
- Former: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin, From unity, strength, from 1910-2000)
- Template:Flag: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian, Proletarians of all countries, unite!)
- Template:Flag: Plus Ultra (Latin, Further beyond)[100]
- Former: Una, grande y libre (Spanish, One, great and free, during Spanish State)[100]
- Template:Flag: النصر لن (Al-Nasr Lana: Arabic, Victory is Ours)[101]
- Template:Flag: Justitia, pietas, fides (Latin, Justice, piety, loyalty)[102]
- Template:Flag: Siyinqaba (Swati, We are the fortress)[103]
- Template:Flag: royal motto: För Sverige - i tiden (Swedish, For Sweden - With the times) (See all royal mottos)
- Template:Flag: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (Latin: One for all, all for one...(traditional, but not official))
- Template:Flag: Wahdah, Hourriah, Ishtirakiah (Arabic, Unity, Freedom, Socialism) Ba'th Party motto
The coat of arms of Tuvalu displays the national motto, Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvalu for the Almighty).
T[]
- Template:Flag: Uhuru na Umoja (Swahili, Freedom and Unity)[104]
- Template:Flag: ชาติ ศาสนา พระมหากษัตริย์ (Thai, Nation, Religion, King)
- Template:Flag: Travail, Liberté, Patrie (French, Work, liberty, homeland)[105]
- Template:Flag: Ko e Template:OkinaOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiTemplate:Okinaa (Tongan, God and Tonga are my Inheritance)[106]
- Template:Flag: Together we aspire, together we achieve[107]
- Template:Flag: Order, Freedom, and Justice[108]
- Template:Flag: Egemenlik kayıtsız şartsız milletindir. (Turkish, Sovereignty rests unconditionally with the nation)[109]
and Yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh. (Turkish, Peace in the homeland, peace in the world.)[110] - Template:Flag: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan, Tuvalu for the Almighty)[111]
U[]
- Template:Flag: For God and My Country[112]
- Template:Flag: none
- Template:Flag: Dieu et mon droit (French, God and my right, Royal motto)[113]
The national motto of the United States is In God we trust, as shown on the reverse of the United States one-dollar bill.
- Template:Flag: In God We Trust (official) and E pluribus unum (Latin, Out of many, one) (de-facto)
- See also list of U.S. state mottos
- Template:Flag: Libertad o Muerte (Spanish, "Liberty or Death")[114]
V[]
- Template:Flag: Long God yumi stanap (Bislama, Let us stand firm in God)[115]
- Template:Flag: Dios y Federación (Spanish, God and Federation)
- Template:Flag: Ðộc lập, tự do, hạnh phúc (Vietnamese, Independence, Liberty and Happiness)
Y[]
- Template:Flag: None
- Template:Flag: Bratstvo i jedinstvo (Brotherhood and unity)
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