List of national mottos


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

File:Boliviano.png|thumb|The national motto of Bolivia, La Unión es la Fuerza, is inscribed on boliviano coins.
  • ': Forward, Upward, Onward Together
  • ': No official motto. Former recognized official national slogan and war cry : Victory to Bengal.
  • ': Pride and Industry
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial motto: Long Live Belarus!
  • ': Unity makes strength.
  • ': Under the shade I flourish.
  • ': Fellowship, Justice, Labour.
  • ': Unity makes strength.
  • ': Rain.
  • ': Order and progress
  • ': Always in service with God's guidance.
  • ': Unity makes strength.
  • ': Fatherland or death, we shall triumph! .
  • ': Unity, Work, Progress
  • ': Nation, Religion, King
  • ': Peace, Work, Fatherland
  • ': From sea to sea
  • ': Unity, Work, Progress.
  • ': Unity, Dignity, Work.
  • ': Unity, Work, Progress
  • ': Through reason or by force
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial: Serve the people is the motto of the CCP and the Chinese government.
  • ': Freedom and order.
  • ': Unity, Solidarity, Development.
  • ': Justice, Peace, Work.
  • ': Unity, Work, Progress.
  • ': Fatherland or death, we shall overcome!
  • ': Truth prevails
  • ': 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.
  • ': Unity, Equality, Peace.
  • ': After God, the Earth.
  • ': God, Fatherland, Liberty
  • ': Unity, Action, and Progress
  • ': God, homeland, and freedom.
  • ': God, Union, Liberty
  • ': Unity, Peace, Justice
  • ': Victory to the Masses!.
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial motto: Long live Estonia! or Long live the Republic of Estonia!
  • ': We are the fortress
  • ': Currently no official motto. Formerly: Ethiopia First, and prior to that: Ethiopia holds up her hands unto God, taken from Psalm 68:31.
  • European Union : United in diversity
  • ': Fear God and honour the King
  • ': No official motto. When a Kingdom was planned as a form of government in 1917, the motto was "Strong, Stable, Free"
  • ': Liberty, equality, fraternity
  • ': Union, Work, Justice
  • ': Progress, Peace, Prosperity.
  • ': Strength is in Unity!.
  • ': No official motto, de facto: Unity and justice and freedom, historically: Gott mit uns, Blut und Boden.
  • ': Freedom and Justice.
  • ': Freedom or Death.
  • ': Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, Build and Advance as One People.
  • ': Grow Free and Fertile.
  • ': Work, Justice, Solidarity.
  • ': Unity, Struggle, Progress.
  • ': One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
  • ': Liberty, equality, fraternity
  • ': Free, sovereign and independent
  • ': Currently no official motto. Formerly With God for Homeland and Freedom, 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 or Let there be Peace, Freedom and Concord known from the Hungarian Revolutionaries of 1848|12 points] before the Habsburg rule the official motto was Kingdom of Mary Patroness of Hungary
File:Emblem of India.svg|thumb|The National Emblem of India bears the motto Satyameva Jayate.
File:Flag of Iraq.svg|thumb|The flag of Iraq displays the national motto, Allahu Akbar.
  • ': Truth alone triumphs.
  • ': Unity in diversity.
  • ': God is the Greatest. De facto motto: Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic.
  • ': God is the Greatest.
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial: If you will it, it is no dream.
  • ': Unity, Discipline, Labor.
  • ': Out of many, One People
  • ': No official motto. Charter Oath or The Oath in Five Articles was previously used between 1868 and 1912
  • ': God, Homeland, King.
File:Coat of arms of Kiribati.svg|thumb|Kiribati: "Health, Peace and Prosperity" on the Coat of arms of Kiribati.
  • ': All pull together.
  • ': Health, Peace and Prosperity.
  • ': Strong and Prosperous Nation.
  • ': To broadly benefit the human world.
  • ': No official motto. Proposed motto: Honour, Duty, Homeland.
  • ': God, The Nation, The Emir.
  • ': Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity
  • ': We are all for the Country, the Sublime and the Flag.
  • ': Peace, Rain, Prosperity.
  • ': The love of liberty brought us here
  • ': For God, Prince and Fatherland.
  • ': No official motto. Freedom, Unity, Prosperity used on coins since 2015. May unity bloom! from the national anthem.
  • ': We want to remain what we are.
  • ': Love, Ancestral-land, Progress.
  • ': Unity and Freedom.
  • ': Unity is strength.
  • ': State of the Mahal Dibiyat.
  • ': One people, one goal, one faith.
  • ': Virtuous strength and consistency.
  • ': Accomplishment/''Achievement through Joint Effort.
  • ': Honor, Fraternity, Justice.
  • ': Star and key of the Indian Ocean.
  • ': No official motto, The Homeland is First is the motto of the Mexican Congress.
  • ': Peace, Unity, Liberty.
  • ': With God's help.
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial motto: May Montenegro be eternal!. From the national anthem.
  • ': God, the Country, the King. Sovereign's motto: If you aid God, He will aid you
  • ': Currently no official motto. Formerly: Happiness through harmony.
  • ': Unity, liberty, justice
  • ': God's will first
  • ': Mother and motherland are greater than heaven
  • ': I will maintain.
  • ': No official motto, formerly Onward
  • ': In God We Trust
  • ': Fraternity, Work, Progress.
  • ': Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress.
  • ': No official motto. Royal motto of Harald V: Everything for Norway and Eidsvoll oath: United and loyal until the mountains of Dovre crumble
  • ': God, The Nation, The Sultan.
File:Coat of arms of Panama.svg|thumb|Panama: Pro mundi beneficio.
File:Lesser CoA of the empire of Russia.svg|thumb|200px|right|The national motto of the Russian Empire: '
|alt=God is with us!, is inscribed on the Coat of arms of Russia as shown.
  • ': No official motto. Formerly Nothing without God, which has been proposed to return. Before Nihil sine Deo, All for One 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.
  • ': Съ нами Богъ!
  • *Unofficial motto: Russia will be free
  • * Unofficial: We can!.
  • ': Unity, Work, Patriotism
  • ': Liberty, Democracy, Unity
  • ': Country Above Self.
  • ': The land, the people, the light.
  • ': Peace and justice
  • ': God be the Foundation of Samoa.
  • ': Liberty
  • ': Unity, Discipline, Work.
  • ': There is no God other than God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God.
  • ': One people, one goal, one faith.
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial: Only Unity Saves the Serbs.
  • ': The end crowns the work.
  • ': Unity, freedom, justice.
  • ': Onward Singapore.
  • ': Truth prevails. Formerly Faithful to Ourselves, Together Ahead!.
  • :' ''To lead is to serve
  • ': No official motto. Currently unofficially and formerly officially Arise Somalis!
  • ': Diverse people unite or Unity in Diversity.
  • ': Justice, Liberty, Prosperity
  • ': Further beyond.
  • ': Victory is Ours.
  • ': Justice, piety, loyalty.
  • ': No official national motto. Royal motto of Carl XVI Gustaf: For Sweden – with the Times.
  • ': No official motto. Unofficial: One for all, all for one.
File:Coat of arms of Siam.svg|thumb|The national motto of the Kingdom of Siam, as shown on Chulalongkorn's coat of arms
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.
  • : Unity, Strength and Endurance
  • : Samoa Muamua le Atua

  • : Semper progrediens

  • : Hoc Signo Tuetur Pius, Hoc Signo Vincitur Inimicus

  • : Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos