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This page lists state and national mottos for the world's independent states and if applicable, their component states. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition and some extinct states are also listed.

    List of state mottos
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Algeria: بالشعب و للشعب (Arabic, "By the people and for the people")•

Andorra: Virtus, Unita, Fortior (Latin, "Strength united is stronger")•

Antigua and Barbuda: Each endeavouring, all achieving•

Argentina: En Unión y Libertad (Spanish, "In Union and Liberty")

Armenia: Մեկ Ազգ , Մեկ Մշակույթ (Armenian, One Nation, One Culture)•

Australia: none, formerly Advance Australia

Australian Capital Territory: For the Queen, the law and the people

New South Wales: Orta recens quam pura nites (Latin, "Newly risen, how brightly you shine") •

Northern Territory: none

Queensland: Audax at fidelis (Latin, "Bold but faithful")

South Australia: none, formerly Faith and Courage

Tasmania: Ubertas et fidelitas (Latin, "Fertility and faithfulness")

Victoria: Peace and Prosperity •

Western Australia: none

Austria: none. Formerly AEIOU, possibly standing for Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Latin, "It is Austria's destiny to rule the world")

Austria-Hungary: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin, "Indivisible and inseparable")

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Bahamas: Forward, Upward, Onward Together •

Barbados: Pride and Industry•

Belarus: none

Belgium: Eendracht maakt macht, L'union fait la force and Einigkeit gibt Stärke (Dutch, French and German, "Strength through unity")

Belize: Sub umbra floreo (Latin, "Under the shade I flourish")•

Benin: Fraternité, Justice, Travail (French, "Fellowship, Justice, Labour")•

Bolivia: La Unión es la Fuerza (Spanish, "Strength through Unity")•

Bosnia and Herzegovina: none

Botswana: Pula (Tswana, "Rain")

Brazil: Ordem e progresso (Portuguese, "Order and progress")

São Paulo State: Pro Brasilia fiant eximia (Latin, "For Brazil do the best")•

São Paulo City: Non ducor duco (Latin, "I am not led, I lead")•

Libertas quæ sera tamen (Latin, "Liberty even when it comes late")•

Brunei: Always in service with God's guidance •

Bulgaria: Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian, "Strength through Unity")•

Burkina Faso: Unité, Progrès, Justice (French, "Unity, Progress, Justice")•

Burundi: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, "Unity, Work, Progress")•

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Cambodia: Nation, Religion, King•

Cameroon: Paix -- Travail -- Patrie (French, "Peace, Work, Fatherland")•

Canada: A mari usque ad mare (Latin, "From sea to sea") •

Alberta: Fortis et liber (Latin, "Strong and free")•

British Columbia: Splendor sine occasu (Latin, "Splendour without diminishment")•

Manitoba: Gloriosus et liber (Latin, "Glorious and free")•

New Brunswick: Spem reduxit (Latin, "Hope was restored") •

Newfoundland and Labrador: Quaerite primum regnum dei (Latin, "Seek ye first the kingdom of God")•

Northwest Territories: none; One people, many voices is inscribed in several languages on the ceremonial mace of the Northwest Territories Legislature

Nova Scotia: Munit haec et altera vincit (Latin, "One defends and the other conquers")•

Nunavut: Nunavut sanginivut (Inuktitut, "Nunavut, our strength" or "Our land, our strength")•

Ontario: Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet (Latin, "Loyal she began, loyal she remains")•

Prince Edward Island: Parva sub ingenti (Latin, "The small under the protection of the great")•

Quebec: Je me souviens (French, "I remember")•

Saskatchewan: Multis e gentibus vires (Latin, "From many peoples, strength")•

Yukon: none

Central African Republic: Unité, Dignité, Travail (French, "Unity, Dignity, Work")•

Chad: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, "Unity, Work, Progress")•

Chile: Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish, "By reason or by strength")

previously Post Tenebras Lux (Latin, "After darkness, Light")

previously Aut concilio, aut ense (Latin, "By reason or by the sword")

Colombia: Libertad y orden (Spanish, "Freedom and order")

Santander: Siempre Adelante (Spanish, "Always to the front")

Comoros: Unité, Justice, Progrès (French, "Unity, justice, progress")

Confederate States of America: Deo Vindice (Latin, "God will vindicate")

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Justice - Paix - Travail (French, "Justice, Peace, Work")•

Republic of the Congo: Unité, Travail, Progrès (French, "Unity, Work, Progress")•

Costa Rica: none

Côte d'Ivoire: Union, Discipline, Travail (French, Unity, Discipline, Labor)•

Croatia: none

Cuba: Patria o muerte (Spanish, "Homeland or death") •

Czech Republic: Pravda vítězí! (Czech, "Truth prevails!")

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Denmark: none. Royal motto: Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (Danish, "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength")

Djibouti: Unity, Equality, Peace •

Dominica: Après le Bondie, C'est la Ter (French Patois, "After the Good Lord, we love the Earth")•

Dominican Republic: Dios, Patria, Libertad (Spanish, "God, Country, Liberty")•

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East Timor: Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese, "Honour, homeland and people")

Ecuador: Dios, patria y libertad (Spanish, "God, homeland and liberty")

El Salvador: Dios, Unión, Libertad (Spanish, "God, Union, Liberty") •

Equatorial Guinea: Unidad, Paz, Justicia (Spanish, "Unity, Peace, Justice")•

European Union: In varietate concordia (United in diversity, Unie dans la diversité, etc. (Translated into the languages of the member states of the EU))•

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Fiji: Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na Tui (Fijian, "Fear God and honour the Queen")•

France: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French, "Liberty, equality, fraternity")

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon: A mare labor

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Gabon: Union, Travail, Justice (French, "Union, Work, Justice")•

The Gambia: Progress, Peace, Prosperity•

Georgia: ძალა ერთობაშია! (Dzala ertobashia) (Georgian, "Strength is in Unity")

Germany: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German, "Unity and justice and freedom")•

Schleswig-Holstein: Up ewig ungedeelt (Low German, "Forever undivided")•

Ghana: Freedom and Justice•

Greece: Ελευθερία ή θάνατος (transliterated as "Eleutheria i thanatos") (Greek, "Liberty or death")

Grenada: Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, and Advance as One People•

Guatemala: El País de la Eterna Primavera (Spanish, "The country with the eternal spring ")

Guinea: Travail, Justice, Solidarité (French, "Work, Justice, Solidarity") •

Guinea-Bissau: Unidade, Luta, Progresso (Portuguese, "Unity, Struggle, Progress")•

Guyana: One people, one nation, one destiny•

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Haiti: L'union fait la force (French, "Unity is strength")•

Holy See: None

Honduras: Libre, Soberana E Independiente(Spanish, "Free, sovereign and independent")•

Hungary: none, formerly Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae (Latin, "Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary")

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India: सत्यमेव जयते (Satyameva Jayate) (Sanskrit, "Truth alone triumphs")•

Indonesia: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese, "Unity in diversity")

Iran: استقلال آزادی جمهوری اسلامی (Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī) (Persian, "Independence, freedom, (the) Islamic Republic")

Iraq: الله أكبر (Allahu Akbar) (Arabic, "God is Great")

Ireland: none

Israel: none

Italy: none

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Jamaica: Out of many, one people

Japan: formerly Fukoku kyōhei (Japanese, "rich country, strong military")

Jordan: الأردن أوّلاً, | الله، الوطن، الملك (Allah Al-Watan Al-Malek) (Arabic, "God, the Homeland, the King")

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Kenya: Harambee (Swahili, "Let's work together")

Kiribati: Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Kiribati, "Health, Peace and Prosperity")

Korea, North: 강성대국(强盛大國) (Korean, "Prosperous and great country")

Korea, South: 홍익인간(弘益人間) or 널리 인간을 이롭게 하라 (Korean, "Broadly bring benefit to humanity")

Kuwait: For Kuwait

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Laos: Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity•

Latvia: Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (Latvian, "For Fatherland and Freedom")

Lebanon: Koullouna Lil Watan, Lil Oula wal'Allam (Arabic, "Us all! For our Nation, for our Emblem and Glory!")

Lesotho: Khotso, Pula, Nala (Sotho, "Peace, Rain, Prosperity")•

Liberia: The love of liberty brought us here•

Libya: Freedom, socialism, unity

Lithuania: Vienybė težydi (Lithuanian, Let unity bloom)

Luxembourg: Mir wëlle bleiwe, wat mir sin (Luxembourgeois, "We want to stay what we are")•

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Madagascar: Tanindrazana, Fahafahana, Fandrosoana (Malagasy, "Ancestral-land, Liberty, Progress")•

Malawi: Unity and Freedom

Malaysia: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu (Malay, "Unity is Strength")•

Mali: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French, "One people, one goal, one faith")•

Mauritania: شرف إخاء ع or Honneur, Fraternité, Justice (Arabic and French, "Honor, Fraternity, Justice")•

Mauritius: Stella Clavisque Maris Indici (Latin, "Star and key of the Indian Ocean")•

Micronesia (Federated States of): Peace Unity Liberty

Monaco: Deo juvante (Latin, "With God's help")•

Mongolia: Dayar Mongol

Montenegro: none

Morocco: God, the Country, the King

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Namibia: Unity, liberty, justice•

Nauru: God's will first

Nepal: जननी जन्मभूमिष्च स्वर्गादपि गरियसि (Sanskrit, "Mother and motherland are greater than heaven")

Netherlands: Je maintiendrai, Ik zal handhaven (French, Dutch "I will maintain")•

Zeeland: Luctor et Emergo, Ik worstel en kom boven (Latin, Dutch, "I struggle and emerge")

South Holland: Vigilate Deo Confidentes, Waakt vertrouwende op God (Latin, Dutch, "Guard trusting in God")

Groningen Vis unita fortior, Vereende kracht is sterker (Latin, Dutch: "United Strength is Stronger")

Netherlands Antilles: Libertate unanimus (Latin, "Unified by freedom")

New Zealand: none (formerly Onward )

Niger: Fraternité, Travail, Progrès (French, "Fraternity, Work, Progress")•

Nigeria: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress•

Norfolk Island: Inasmuch

Norway: Royal motto: Alt for Norge (Norwegian, "Everything for Norway")

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Oman: None

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Pakistan: Yaqeen-mukkam , ittihad , nizam (Urdu, "Faith (self-confidence), unity, discipline")•

Palau: Rainbow's End

Panama: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin, "For the benefit of the world")

Papua New Guinea: Unity in Diversity

Paraguay: Paz y justicia (Spanish, "Peace and justice")•

Philippines: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Tagalog, "God, People, Nature and Country")•

Former: Isang bansa, isang diwa (Tagalog, "One nation, one spirit")

Poland: none; unofficially, Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna (Polish, "God, Honour, Fatherland")

Portugal: none

Azores: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese, "To die free rather than to be subjugated in peace")

Madeira: Das ilhas, as mais belas e livres (Portuguese, "Of the islands, the most beautiful and free")

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Qatar: none

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Republika Srpska: Samo Sloga Srbina Spašava (Serbian), "Only Unity Saves the Serbs"

Roman Republic and Roman Empire: Senatus Populusque Romanus (Latin, "The Senate and the Roman people", often abbreviated SPQR)

Romania: none; formerly Nihil Sine Deo (Latin, "Nothing without God")

Rwanda: Unity, Work, Patriotism•

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Saint Kitts and Nevis: Country Above Self•

Andalusia: Andalucía por sí, para España y la Humanidad (Spanish, "Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for Mankind")

Asturias: Hoc signo tuetur pius, Hoc signo vincitur inimicus (Latin, "This sign defends the pious, this sign defeats the enemy")

Catalonia: Som i serem (Catalan, "We are and will be")

Sudan: النصر لن (Al-Nasr Lana: Arabic, "Victory is Ours")

Suriname: Justitia, pietas, fides (Latin, "Justice, piety, loyalty")•

Swaziland: Siyinqaba (Swati, "We are the fortress")•

Sweden: royal motto: För Sverige i tiden (Swedish, "For Sweden, with the times") (See all royal mottos)

Switzerland: Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (Latin, "One for all, all for one", traditional, but not official)

Syria: none

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Tanzania: Uhuru na Umoja (Swahili, "Freedom and Unity")•

Togo: Travail, Liberté, Patrie (French, "Work, liberty, homeland")•

Tonga: Ko e ʻOtua mo Tonga ko hoku tofiʻa (Tongan, "God and Tonga are my Inheritance")

Trinidad and Tobago: Together we aspire, together we achieve•

Tunisia: Order, Freedom, and Justice•

Turkey: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh (Turkish, "Peace at home, peace in the world")

Tuvalu: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan, "Tuvalu for the Almighty")

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Uganda: For God and My Country•

Ukraine: none; unofficially: Воля, злагода, добро (Ukrainian, "Freedom, Concord, Goodness")

United Kingdom: Dieu et mon droit (French, "God and my right", Royal motto)•

Scotland: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin, "No one provokes me with impunity")

Wales: Ich Diene (German, "I serve", Prince's motto), Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn (Welsh, "The red dragon inspires action"), Cymru am byth (Welsh, "Wales for ever", unofficial)

Northern Ireland: Dieu et mon droit (French, "God and my right", Royal motto)

Isle of Man: Quocunque jeceris stabit (Latin, "Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand")

Anguilla: Strength and Endurance•

Bermuda: Quo Fata Ferunt (Latin, "Whither the Fates carry us")

British Indian Ocean Territory: In tutela nostra Limuria (Latin, "Limuria is in our charge")

British Virgin Islands: Vigilate (Latin, "Be Watchful")•

Cayman Islands: He hath founded it upon the seas

Falkland Islands: Desire the right

Gibraltar: Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin, "Conquerable by no enemy")

Montserrat: Each Endeavouring, All Achieving•

Saint Helena: Loyal and Unshakeable

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Leo Terram Propriam Protegat (Latin, "Let the lion protect its own land")

Tristan da Cunha: Our faith is our strength

Turks and Caicos Islands: One people, one nation, one destiny•

United States: In God We Trust (official) and E pluribus unum (Latin, "Out of many, one") (de-facto)

There is a separate list of U.S. state mottos

Uruguay: Libertad o Muerte (Spanish, "Liberty or Death")•

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Vanuatu: Long God yumi stanap (Bislama, "Let us stand firm in God")•

Venezuela: none

Amazonas: Honor y Lealtad (Spanish,"Honor and Loyalty")

Anzoátegui: Tumba de sus tiranos (Spanish, "Tomb of its tyrants")

Barinas: Dios y Federación (Spanish, "God and Federation")

Carabobo: Ocassus servitutis (Latin, "Decline of the servitude"; but also: "End of slavery")

Cojedes: Ad Sum (Latin, "I am here")

Delta Amacuro: La Paz en la Federación (Spanish, "The Peace in the Federation")

Falcón: Dios y Federación (Spanish, "God and Federation")

Guárico: Si amas la libertad, ven a mis pampas (Spanish, "If you love liberty, come to my plains")

Monagas: Resistió con valor (Spanish, "It resisted with courage")

Portuguesa: Honor y Gloria (Spanish, "Honor and Glory")

Vargas: Igualdad, Libertad, Propiedad y Seguridad (Spanish, "Equality, Liberty, Property -possibly Propriety- and Security")

Vietnam: Ðộc lập, tự do, hạnh phúc (Vietnamese, "Independence, liberty and happiness")

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Western Sahara (SADR): حرية ديمقراطية وحدة(Ḥassānīya Arabic, "Liberty, Democracy, Unity")

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Yemen: None

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Zambia: One Zambia, One Nation

Zimbabwe: Unity, Freedom, Work

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