List of national mottos

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File:2015-07-14 11-55-49 fete-nationale-belfort.jpg
France's national motto Liberté, égalité, fraternité, seen on a public building in Belfort

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

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File:Boliviano (reverso).png
The national motto of Bolivia, La Unión es la Fuerza (Unity is Strength), is inscribed on boliviano coins.
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The national motto of Brazil, Ordem e progresso (Order and progress), is inscribed on the Brazilian flag.
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The Canadian motto within the 1921 Arms of Canada

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  • 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>
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historically: Gott mit uns, Blut und Boden.

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  • 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>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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The National Emblem of India bears the motto Satyameva Jayate (Sanskrit: "Truth alone triumphs").
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The flag of Iraq displays the national motto, Allahu Akbar ("God is Great").

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  • 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
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Kiribati: "Health, Peace and Prosperity" on the Coat of arms of Kiribati.

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  • Template:Flag: Unity and Freedom.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Pakistan: Īmān, Ittiḥād, Nazm. (Urdu "Faith, Unity, Discipline").
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Panama: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin: "For the benefit of the world").

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God is with us!, is inscribed on the Coat of arms of Russia as shown.
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The national motto of the Kingdom of Siam, as shown on Chulalongkorn's coat of arms

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The national motto of the United States is In God We Trust, as shown on the reverse of the United States one-dollar bill.

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Semi autonomous dependencies

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  • 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>
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  • Template:Flag: No official motto. Traditional motto / unofficial: Som i Serem (Catalan: "We are and We will be")
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  • Template:Flag: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales Forever, alternatively Long live Wales)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Historical countries

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References

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