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This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, 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
- Template:Flag: There is no other god other than Allah (God); Muhammad is the messenger of God. (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration)<ref>As shown on the flag of Afghanistan.</ref>
- Template:Flag: You, Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian (Template:Langx)
- Template:Flag: By the people and for the people (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Strength united is stronger (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Virtue is stronger when united (Template:Langx)
- Template:Flag: Each endeavouring, all achieving<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial motto: In Union and Liberty (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the back of coins; see for instance this photo of a 1992 25 centavos coin.</ref>
- Template:Flag: One Nation, One Culture (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Formerly Advance Australia.<ref>As shown on the 1908 coat of arms of Australia</ref> Sporting chant, "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi!"
- Template:Flag: 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 Template:Lang (Austria's destiny is to rule the world).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: The Land of Fire (Template:Langx)Template:Citation needed
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- Template:Flag: Forward, Upward, Onward Together<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Recognized official national slogan and war cry: Victory to Bengal (Template:Langx; জয় বাংলা).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="bn2">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flag: Pride and Industry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial motto: Long Live Belarus! (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration)
- Template:Flag: Unity makes strength (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Under the shade I flourish (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Fellowship, Justice, Labour (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity makes strength (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the coins; see for example Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Rain (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the Coat of arms of Botswana.</ref>
- Template:Flag: Order and progress (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Always in service with God's guidance (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity makes strength (Template:Langx, Template:Transliteration).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Fatherland or death, we shall triumph! (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Progress (Template:Langx)<ref>Article 7 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Nation, Religion, King (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Peace, Work, Fatherland (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: From sea to sea (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Progress (Template:Lang).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Dignity, Work (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Progress (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Through reason or by force (Template:Langx)
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: Serve the people (Template:Lang-zh) is the motto of the CCP and the Chinese government.
- Template:Flag: Freedom and order (Template:Langx).<ref>As seen on the coat of arms of Colombia</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Solidarity, Development (Template:Langx).<ref>As seen on the national seal of the Comoros</ref>
- Template:Flag: Justice, Peace, Work (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Progress (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Fatherland or death, we shall overcome! (Template:Langx)<ref>As shown on the obverse of the coins; see Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Truth prevails (Template:Langx)<ref>As shown on the Flag of the president of the Czech Republic</ref>
- Template:Flag: 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 (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Equality, Peace (Template:Langx, Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: After God, the Earth (Dominican Creole French: Après Bondié, C'est la Ter).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: God, Fatherland, Liberty (Template:Langx)<ref>Article 93 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Action, and Progress (Template:Lang)<ref>As shown on the coat of arms.</ref>
- Template:Flag: God, homeland, and freedom (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: God, Union, Liberty (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Peace, Justice (Template:Langx)<ref>As seen on the [Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea]</ref>
- Template:Flag: Victory to the Masses! (Template:Langx, Template:Langx, also in English).
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial motto: Long live Estonia! (Template:Langx) or Long live the Republic of Estonia! (Template:Lang)
- Template:Flag: We are the fortress (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Currently no official motto. Formerly: Ethiopia First (Amharic: ኢትዮጲያ ትቅደም; "Ethiopia Tikdem"), and prior to that: Ethiopia holds up her hands unto God (Template:Langx; Itiyopia tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher), taken from Psalm 68:31.<ref name="ethiopia">As shown on the coat of arms of Haile Selassie.</ref>
- European Union : United in diversity<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Fear God and honour the King (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. When a Kingdom was planned as a form of government in 1917, the motto was "Strong, Stable, Free" (Template:Langx)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Liberty, equality, fraternity (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Union, Work, Justice (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Progress, Peace, Prosperity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Strength is in Unity! (Template:Lang-ka; Dzala ertobashia).<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Georgia.</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto, de facto: Unity and justice and freedom (Template:Langx),
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historically: Gott mit uns, Blut und Boden.
- Template:Flag: Freedom and Justice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Freedom or Death (Template:Langx; Eleftheria i thanatos).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, Build and Advance as One People.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Grow Free and Fertile (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Work, Justice, Solidarity (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Struggle, Progress (Template:Lang).<ref>Article 21 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: One People, One Nation, One Destiny.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Liberty, equality, fraternity (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Free, sovereign and independent (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Currently no official motto. Formerly With God for Homeland and Freedom (Template:Langx), 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: Erő, Hűség, Remény)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or Let there be Peace, Freedom and Concord known from the 12 points<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> before the Habsburg rule the official motto was Kingdom of Mary Patroness of Hungary (Latin: Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Template:Flag: Truth alone triumphs (Template:Langx, Satyameva Jayate).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity in diversity (Old Javanese: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika).<ref>Article 36A of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia</ref>
- Template:Flag: God is the Greatest (Template:Langx; Allahu Akbar). De facto motto: Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic (Template:Langx; Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Article 18</ref>
- Template:Flag: God is the Greatest (Template:Langx, Allahu Akbar).<ref>As shown on the flag of Iraq.</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: If you will it, it is no dream (Template:Langx; Im Tirtzu, Ein zo Agadah).
- Template:Flag: Unity, Discipline, Labor (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Out of many, One People<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: 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
- Template:Flag: God, Homeland, King (Jordanian Arabic: الله، الوطن، الملك; Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: All pull together (Template:Langx).<ref>"Kenyan National Motto Controversial to Some", Hindu Press International, July 5, 2003 "Kenya: What's in a Name? Goddesses Have Always Been Worshipped", The Nation, May 5, 2008</ref>
- Template:Flag: Health, Peace and Prosperity (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Kiribati.</ref>
- Template:Flag: Strong and Prosperous Nation (Korean: 강성대국).
- Template:Flag: To broadly benefit the human world (Template:Korean).<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>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Proposed motto: Honour, Duty, Homeland (Template:Langx).
- Template:Flag: God, The Nation, The Emir (Template:Langx).
- Template:Flag: Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: We are all for the Country, the Sublime and the Flag (Template:Langx ).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Peace, Rain, Prosperity (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: The love of liberty brought us here<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: For God, Prince and Fatherland (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Freedom, Unity, Prosperity (Template:Langx) used on coins since 2015. May unity bloom! (Template:Langx) from the national anthem.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: We want to remain what we are (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Love, Ancestral-land, Progress (Template:Langx).<ref>Article 4 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity and Freedom.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity is strength (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: State of the Mahal Dibiyat (Template:Langx; Al-Dawlat Al-Mahaldheebiya).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: One people, one goal, one faith (Template:Langx).<ref>Article 25 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Virtuous strength and consistency (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Accomplishment/Achievement through Joint Effort (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Honor, Fraternity, Justice (Template:Langx, Template:Langx).<ref>Article 9 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Star and key of the Indian Ocean (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto, The Homeland is First (Template:Langx) is the motto of the Mexican Congress.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Peace, Unity, Liberty.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: With God's help (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial motto: May Montenegro be eternal! (Template:Lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl). From the national anthem.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: God, the Country, the King (Template:Langx; Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Sovereign's motto: If you aid God, He will aid you (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Currently no official motto. Formerly: Happiness through harmony (Template:Langx; Samaggānaṃ tapo sukho).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Unity, liberty, justice<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: God's will first<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Mother and motherland are greater than heaven (Template:Langx; Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: I will maintain (Template:Langx, Template:Langx).<ref name="koninklijkhuis.nl">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto, formerly Onward<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: In God We Trust (Template:Langx)<ref>As shown on the Córdoba (bank notes and coins); see for example Banco Central de Nicaragua</ref>
- Template:Flag: Fraternity, Work, Progress (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress.<ref>Article 15 of the Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Royal motto of Harald V: Everything for Norway (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Eidsvoll oath: United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble (Template:Langx)<ref>nn:Einige og tru til Dovre fell.</ref>Template:Circular reference
- Template:Flag: God, The Nation, The Sultan (Template:Langx).
- Template:Flag: Faith, Unity, Discipline (Template:Langx; Iman, Ittihad, Nazm).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: For the benefit of the world (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the Coat of arms of Panama</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity in Diversity.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Peace and justice (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Firm and happy for the union (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: For God, for the people, for nature and for the country (Template:Langx).<ref>Section 40 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial mottos of Poland include: For our freedom and yours (Template:Langx); For Faith, Law and the People (Template:Langx), and God, Honour, Fatherland (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: This is my blissful beloved homeland (Template:Lang)Template:Citation needed
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- Template:Flag: No official motto. Formerly Nothing without God (Template:Langx), which has been proposed to return.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Before Nihil sine Deo, All for One (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>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flag: Съ нами Богъ!
- Unofficial motto: Russia will be free (Template:Langx)
- Template:Flag Unofficial: We can! (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Work, Patriotism (Template:Langx)<ref>Article 6 of Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Liberty, Democracy, Unity (Template:Langx, Template:Langx)
- Template:Flag: Country Above Self.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: The land, the people, the light.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Peace and justice (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: God be the Foundation of Samoa (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Liberty (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Discipline, Work (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe.</ref>
- Template:Flag: There is no God other than God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God (Template:Langx; Lā ʾilāha illā l-Lāh; Muḥammadu r-rasūlu l-Lāh).<ref>As shown on the flag of Saudi Arabia.</ref>
- Template:Flag: One people, one goal, one faith (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: Only Unity Saves the Serbs (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: The end crowns the work (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, freedom, justice.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Onward Singapore (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Currently no official motto. Formerly (1939–1945) Faithful to Ourselves, Together Ahead! (Template:Langx).
- Template:Flag: To lead is to serve<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Currently unofficially and formerly officially (1947–2012) Arise Somalis! (Template:Langx)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Diverse people unite or Unity in Diversity (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Justice, Liberty, Prosperity<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Further beyond (Template:Langx).<ref name=Spain>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Victory is Ours (Template:Langx; An-Naṣr Linā).<ref>As shown on the Coat of arms of Sudan</ref>
- Template:Flag: Justice, piety, loyalty (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official national motto. Royal motto of Carl XVI Gustaf: For Sweden – with the Times (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: One for all, all for one (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
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- Template:Flag: No official motto. Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare (Template:Lang-zh) is the motto of the Kuomintang and ROC government.
- Template:Flag: Independence, Freedom, Homeland! (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Freedom and Unity (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: Nation, Religion, King (Template:Langx; Template:Transliteration)<ref>ชนิดา พรหมพยัคฆ์ เผือกสม, การเมืองในประวัติศาสตร์ธงชาติไทย. กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักพิมพ์มติชน, 2546.</ref>
- Template:Flag: Work, liberty, homeland (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: God and Tonga are my Inheritance (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Together we aspire, together we achieve.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Freedom, Order, Justice (Template:Langx; Ḥoṛiya, Niẓam, 'Adāla).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Discover the Potential. Motto of the Parliament of Turkey: Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation (Template:Langx).<ref name="tbmm">Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation</ref> Other mottos: How happy is the one who says I am a Turk (Template:Langx), Either independence or death (Template:Langx), Peace at Home, Peace in the World (Turkish: Yurtta barış, dünyada barış, originally yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh).
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: Turkmenistan is the motherland of Neutrality (Template:Langx).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Tuvalu for the Almighty (Template:Langx).<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Tuvalu</ref>
- Template:Flag: For God and My Country (Template:Langx, also in English).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! (Template:Langx; the transliteration of these slogans are also used in English) is the military greeting and de facto motto.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto.<ref>Template:Cite news</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.
- Template:Flag: In God We Trust (official), E Pluribus Unum (Latin: Out of many, one), (de facto). See also list of U.S. state and territory mottos
- Template:Flag: Liberty or Death (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: The Strength is in The Justice! (Template:Langx / Template:Lang)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: In God we stand (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Personal motto of Pope Leo XIV: In the one [Christ we are] one (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Currently no official motto. Historical: God and Federation (Template:Langx).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Independence, Liberty, Happiness (Template:Langx).<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>
- Template:Flag: God, Homeland, Revolution, Unity (Template:Langx; 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>
- Template:Flag: One Zambia, One Nation<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Zambia.</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unity, Freedom, Work<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Zimbabwe.</ref>
Semi autonomous dependencies
- Template:Flag: Unity, Strength and EnduranceTemplate:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Samoa Muamua le Atua
Template:Small (Samoan)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> - Template:Flag: Semper progrediens
Template:Small (Latin)<ref name="ReferenceA">As shown on the Coat of arms of Sint Maarten</ref> - Template:Flag: Hoc Signo Tuetur Pius, Hoc Signo Vincitur Inimicus
Template:Small (Latin)Template:Citation needed - Template:Flag: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos
Template:Small (Portuguese)<ref name="portugal">Template:Cite web</ref> - Template:Flagicon Basque Country: Template:Lang (Basque: The seven are one)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Quo fata ferunt (Latin: Whither the fates carry us)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Research and Discovery<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin: "Limuria is in our charge")<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unofficial Vigilate (Latin: Be watchful)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Kentoc'h mervel eget bezañ saotret (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>
- Template:Flag: Océano (Spanish: Ocean)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Traditional motto / unofficial: Som i Serem (Catalan: "We are and We will be")
- Template:Flag: He hath founded it upon the seas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Maju Pulu Kita (Template:Langx)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Traditional motto / unofficial; He hanga te Atu'a he pakea te ma'eha ote mori nei ite he nua ta'atoa (Rapa Nui: "May God let the clarity of this vital light be extended to all peoples")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Sovereign's motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Desire the RightTemplate:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French: Liberty, equality, fraternity)
- Template:Flag: Tahiti Nui Māre'are'a (Tahitian: Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze) Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Hoc hic mysterium fidei firmiter profitemur (Latin: "Here, we firmly profess this mystery of faith")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Montis Insignia Calpi (Template:Langx) and Nulli Expugnabilis Hosti (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Babr
- Template:Flag: Quocunque Ieceris Stabit (Latin: Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial motto/proverb: ھیچ دۆستێک جگە لە چیاکان (Kurdish: "No friends but the mountains"). Also used is the title of the regional anthem "Ey Reqîb" (Kurdish: "O, Enemy")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Das Ilhas, As Mais Belas E Livres (Portuguese: Of the Islands, the Most Beautiful and Free)<ref name="portugal"/>
- Template:Flag: A people of excellence, moulded by nature, nurtured by God Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Terre de parole, terre de partage (French: Land of speech, land of sharing)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Atua, Niue Tukulagi (Niuean: God, Niue Eternally)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Semper Ascendens (Latin: Always Ascending).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Joannes est nomen ejus (Latin: "John is his name"). Taken from the Vulgate translation of Luke 1:63, referring to the fact that the island's former name was "San Juan" (now the capital's name) in honour of Saint John the Baptist.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Florebo quocumque ferar (Latin: I will flourish wherever I am brought)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Remis velisque (Latin: With oars and sails)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Loyal and unshakeableTemplate:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: A Mare Labor (Latin: From the Sea, Work)<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
- Template:Flag: 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)
- Template:Flag: An.Tu.Do. ANimus TUus DOminus (Latin: Courage is your lord).Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Semper progrediens (Latin: Always progressing)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
- Template:Flag: Leo terram propriam protegat (Latin: "Let the lion protect his own land")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Tokelau mo te Atua (Tokelauan: Tokelau For The Almighty)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Our faith is our strength<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales Forever, alternatively Long live Wales)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French: Liberty, equality, fraternity)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: United In Pride And Hope<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Zanzibar kwa Afrika; Zanzibar kwa ajili ya Dunia (Swahili: "Zanzibar for Africa — Zanzibar for the world")
- Template:Flag: Islands of PeaceTemplate:Citation needed
Historical countries
- Template:Flag: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin: "Indivisible and inseparable unity").<ref>As shown on the coat of arms.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Azerbaijan Democratic Republic: Bir kərə yüksələn bayraq bir daha enməz! (Azerbaijani: "The flag once raised will never fall!")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: 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,
p. 102.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Republic of Biafra: Peace, Unity, FreedomTemplate:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Пралетарыі ўсіх краін, яднайцеся! (Praletaryi ŭsich krain, jadnajciesja!) (Belarusian: Workers of the world, unite!)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Independência ou Morte! (Portuguese: Independence or Death!)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: "King of Kings, Ruling Over Kings" (Greek: βασιλεὺς βασιλέων, βασιλεύων βασιλευόντων; Basileus Basileōn, Basileuōn Basileuontōn) under the Palaiologos dynasty.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Template:Flag: No official motto. Unofficial: Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare (Template:Lang-zh), the historical motto of the Kuomintang and the Nationalist government.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Deo vindice (Latin: With God as our defender/protector)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Template:Flag (1918–1993): Pravda vítězí (Czech), Pravda víťazí (Slovak), Veritas vincit (Latin), all meaning "Truth prevails" Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Concordia res parvae crescunt (Small things flourish by concord; Literally translated as: Together the small will grow)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag ሞዓ አንበሰ ዘአምነባደ ይሁዳ (Moa Ambassa ze Imnegede Yehuda) (Ge'ez: Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah).<ref name="ethiopia" />
- Template:Flag: Regna cadunt luxu surgunt virtutibus urbes! (Latin: Fall, you kingdoms of luxury, for the cities of virtue shall thrive!)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Various mottos ranging from "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death." (French: 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Montjoie Saint Denis! (French)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag (1940–1944): Travail, Famille, Patrie (French: Work, Family, Homeland)
- Template:Flag: Hoc hic mysterium fidei firmiter profitemur (Latin: Here is the mystery of faith that we strongly profess)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag (1949–1990): Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German: Unity and justice and freedom)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag (1949–1990): Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch! (German: Workers of all countries, unite!)
- Template:Flag (1871–1918): Gott mit uns (German: God with us)<ref>As shown on the Greater coat of arms of the German Empire</ref>
- Template:Flag (1933–1945): Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer (German: One People, One Realm, One Leader.)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag (1832–1924 and 1935–67): Ίσχύς μου ή άγάπη του λαού (Iskhis mou i ayapi tou laou) (Template:Langx)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: 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>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono (Hawaiian: The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Imperial State of Iran: مرا داد فرمود و خود داور است (Marā dād farmūd-o khod dāvar ast) (Persian: Justice He bids me do, as He will judge me).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Italy: Foedere et Religione Tenemur (FERT) (Latin: We are held together by pact and by religion)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>, Fortitudo Eius Rempublicam Tenet (FERT) (Latin: 'His bravery [or strength] preserves [or defends] the state')
- Template:Flag Irish Catholic Confederation: Hiberni unanimes pro Deo Rege et Patria (Latin: Irishmen united for God, king and country)
- Template:Flag: Per l'onore d'Italia (Italian: For the honor of Italy) Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: 광명천지 (光明天地, Kwangmyeong Cheonji) "Let there be light across the land"Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Independencia, Unión, Religion (Spanish: "Independence, Union, Religion"), the three guarantees.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Equidad en la Justicia (Spanish: "Equity in Justice")<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Libertate Unanimus (Latin: United in Freedom)<ref name="koninklijkhuis.nl"/>
- Template:Flag: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Pergo et Perago (Latin: I undertake and I achieve)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: دولت ابد مدت (Devlet-i Ebed-müddet) (Turkish: "The Eternal State")<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Fourth Philippine Republic: Isang Bansa, Isang Diwa (Filipino: "One Country, One Spirit"). Abolished after the 1986 People Power Revolution.<ref>As defined in Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: 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?)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: In Hoc Signo Vinces (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 Quinas (the five blue inescutcheons with silver bezants), in a miracle, during the Battle of Ourique. The usage of this motto is well documented on coins, monuments and documents.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Suum cuique (Latin: "To each his own") 1525–1947Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Sloboda se ne prodaje za sve zlato svijeta (Croatian: Freedom is not sold for all the gold in the world)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Sit Nomine Digna (Latin: May she be worthy of the name)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Съ нами Богъ! (S nami Bog!) (Russian: God is with us!) and За Вѣру, Царя и Отечество! (Za Veru, Tsarya i Otechestvo!) (Russian: For Faith, For Tsar, For Fatherland)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flagicon Russian State: Единая и Неделимая Россия! (Yedinaya i Nedelimaya Rossiya!) (Russian: United and Indivisible Russia!) and Симъ побѣдиши! (Sim pobedishi!) (Russian: In this, conquer!)Template:Citation needed
- Roman Empire and previously Roman Republic: Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin: The Senate and people of Rome, often abbreviated SPQR)
- Template:Flag: Ex Unitate Vires (Latin: Union is Strength)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Unité, Travail, Justice (French: Unity, Work, Justice) Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Dum Spiro, Spero (Latin: "While I breathe, I hope")<ref>As shown on the coat of arms of Sarawak.</ref>
- Template:Flag: In my defens God me defend<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: Omnia Juncta in Uno (Latin: "All Joined into One")<ref>As shown on the Seal of the Shanghai International Settlement.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 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 Chulalongkorns coat of arms</ref>
- Template:Flag: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Proletarii vsekh stran, soyedinyaytes'!) (Russian: Proletarians of all nations, unite!) (Also translated into the languages of the other fourteen republics)
- Template:Flag: 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)
- Template:Flag: Una, Grande y Libre (Spanish: One, Great and Free) and Plus Ultra (Latin: Further Beyond)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Remember the Alamo<ref name="Staff">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="Greenfield2001">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flag: Pax tibi Marce, evangelista meus (Latin: "Peace be to you Mark, my evangelist")Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: Ðộc lập, Tự do, Hạnh phúc (Vietnamese: Independence, Liberty, Happiness)
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- Template:Flag: Dreptate, Frăție (Romanian: "Justice, Brotherhood").<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Template:Flag: To dwell together in unityTemplate:Citation needed
- Template:Flagicon Kingdom of Württemberg: Furchtlos und treu (German: Fearless and faithful)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: "Brotherhood and unity". (Serbo-Croatian: Братство и јединство / Bratstvo i jedinstvo, Macedonian: Братство и единство, Slovene: Bratstvo in enotnost, Albanian: Vllaznim-Bashkim, later Vëllazërim-Bashkim, Hungarian: Testvériség és egység, Romanian: Frăție și unitate, Ukrainian: Братерство і єдність)Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flag: 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>