List of state mottos

This page lists state and national mottos for the world's independent states and their subdivisions.

"*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")
  • Entre Ríos Province: Federación, Libertad, Fuerza (Spanish, "Federation, Liberty, Strength")
• Armenia: Remembrance of the past, strength for the future
• Australia: none
  • Australian Capital Territory: Pro Rege, Lege et Grege (Latin, "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: United for the common wealth
  • Tasmania: Ubertas et fidelitas (Latin, "Fertility and faithfulness")
  • Victoria: Peace and Prosperity
  • Western Australia: Cygnis Insignis (Latin, "Distinguished by its swans")
• Austria: Austria est in orbit ultima (Latin, "Austria will be the last to perish")
• Austria-Hungary: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Latin, "Indivisible and inseperable"; the union broke up into several independent states in 1918)
• Bahamas: Forward upward onward together
• Barbados: Pride and Industry
• Belgium: L'union fait la force, Eendracht maakt macht and Einigkeit gibt Stärke (French, Dutch and German, "Strength lies in unity")
  • Wallonia: Walon todi! (Walloon, "Walloon forever!")
• Belize: Sub umbra floreo (Latin, "Under the shade I flourish")
• Bolivia: La Unión es la Fuerza (Spanish, "The Union is the Strength")
• 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 conduced, I conduce")
  • Minas Gerais : Libertas quæ sera tamen (Latin, "Liberty even when it comes late")
• Brunei: Brunei darussalam (Malay, "Brunei, the abode of peace")
• Bulgaria: Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian, "Union is strength")
• Cambodia: Nation, Religion, King
• 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
• Chile: Por la razón o la fuerza (Spanish, "By reason or by strength")
  • Post Tenebras Lux (Latin, "After darkness, Light") (Old one)
  • Aut concilio, aut ense (Latin, "By the reason or by the sword") (Old one)
• Colombia: Libertad y orden (Spanish, "Freedom and order")
• Costa Rica: ¡Pura vida! (Spanish, "Pure life")
• Cuba: Patria y Libertad (Spanish, "Homeland and Liberty")
• Croatia: Za Dom Spremni (Croatian,"For Homeland Ready")
• Czech Republic: Pravda vítězí! (Czech, "Truth prevails!")
• Denmark: Royal motto: Guds hjælp, Folkets kærlighed, Danmarks styrke (Danish: "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength")
• Dominican Republic: Dios, Patria, Libertad (Spanish, "God, Country, Liberty")
• East Timor: Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese, "Honour, country and people")
• Ecuador: Ecuador ha sido, es y será un país amazónico (Spanish, "Ecuador has been, is and will be an amazonic country")
• 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))
• Fiji: Rerevaka na Kalou ka Doka na Tui ("Fear God and honour the Queen")
• France: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French, "Liberty, equality, brotherhood")
• 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")
• Greece: Ελευθερια η θανατος (transliterated as "Eleutheria i thanatos") (Greek, "Liberty or death")
• Guyana: One people, one nation, one destiny
• Haiti: L'union fait la force (French, "Unity is strength")
• Hungary: none, formerly Regnum Mariae Patrona Hungariae (Latin, "Kingdom of Mary, the Patron of Hungary")
• India: सत्यमेव जयते (Satyameva Jayate) (Sanskrit, "Truth alone triumphs")
• Indonesia: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese, "Unity in diversity")
• Iran: Esteghlâl, Azâdi, Jomhouri-ye Islâmi (Persian, "Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic")
• Ireland: none
• Israel: none
• Jamaica: Out of many, one people
• 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")
• 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!")
• Lithuania: Vienybė težydi (Lithuanian, Let the unity bloom)
• Luxembourg: Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sin (Luxembourgeois, "We want to stay what we are")
• Malaysia: Bersekutu Bertambah Mutu (Malay, "Unity increases Strength")
• Mauritius: Stella clavisque Maris Indici (Latin, "Star and key of the Indian Ocean")
• Mexico: El respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz (Spanish, "Respect for the rights of others is peace"). Also: Sufragio efectivo, no reelección (Spanish, "Effective suffrage, not re-election)", is at present in the signature of some official documents.
• Monaco: Deo juvante (Latin, "With God's help")
• Morocco: God, the Country, the King
• 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")
• Netherlands Antilles: Libertate unanimus (Latin, "Unified by freedom")
• Nigeria: Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress
• Norway: Royal motto: Alt for Norge (Norwegian, "All for Norway")
• Pakistan: Yaqeen - mukkam , ittihad , nazm (Urdu: "Faith (self confidence), unity, discipline")
• Panama: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin, "For the benefit of the world")
• Philippines: Maka-Diyos, Makatao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Filipino, “For the Love of God, People, Nature and Country”)
  • Former: Isang bansa, isang diwa (Filipino: "One nation, one spirit")
• Peru: Firme y feliz por la Unión (Spanish: "Steady and happy for the union")
• Poland: none Unofficial: Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna (Polish, "God, Honour, Fatherland")
• F.Y.R. Macedonia: Sloboda ili smrt (Macedonian, "Liberty or death")
• Rhodesia: Nomine digna (Latin, "May she be worthy of the name")
• Saint Lucia: The land, the people, the light
• San Marino: Libertas (Latin, "Liberty")
• Senegal: Un peuple, un but, une foi (French, "One people, one goal, one faith")
• Serbia: Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava (Serbian, "Only solidarity will save the Serbs")
• Seychelles: Finis coronat opus (Latin, "The end crowns the work")
• Sierra Leone: Unity, freedom, justice
• Singapore: Majulah Singapura (Malay, "Onward Singapore")
• South Africa (/Xam): !ke e: /xarra //ke ("Diverse people unite" or "Unity in Diversity")
  • Former (Latin): Ex Unitate Vires ("From unity, strength", under apartheid)
• Spain (Latin): Plus ultra ("Further beyond")
  • Former (Spanish): Una, grande y libre ("One, great and free", under Franco's regime)
  • Andalusia (Spanish): Andalucía por sí, para España y la Humanidad ("Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for Humanity")
  • Catalonia (Catalan): Som i serem ("We are and will be")
  • Asturias (Latin): Hoc signo tuetur pius, Hoc signo vincitur inimicus ("This sign defends the pious, this sign defeats the enemy")
  • Madrid (Spanish): De Madrid al cielo ("From Madrid to heaven")
• Solomon Islands: To Lead is to serve
• Soviet Union (Russian): Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! ("Workers of the world, unite!")
• Suriname (Latin): Justitia, pietas, fides ("Justice, piety, loyalty")
• Swaziland (Swati): Siyinquaba ("We are the fortress")
• Sweden (Swedish): Royal mottos of Swedish monarchs ("For Sweden, with the times")
• Switzerland (Latin): Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno ("One for all, all for one", traditional, but not official)
• Togo (French): Travail, Liberté, Patrie ("Work, liberty, homeland")
• Turkey (Turkish): Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh ("Peace at home, peace in the world")
• Tuvalu (Tuvaluan): Tuvalu mo te Atua ("Tuvalu for the Almighty")
• Ukraine (Ukrainian): Воля, злагода, добро ("Freedom, Concord, Kindness")
• United Kingdom Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit ("God and my right")
  • Scotland (Latin): Nemo me impune lacessit ("No one provokes me with impunity")
  • Wales (German): Ich Dien ("I serve" - Prince's motto), (Welsh) Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn ("The red dragon inspires action"), (Welsh) Cymru am byth ("Wales for ever" - unofficial)
  • Isle of Man (Latin): Quocunque jeceris stabit ("Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand")
  • Cayman Islands: He hath founded it upon the seas
  • Falkland Islands: Desire the right
  • Gibraltar (Latin): Nulli expugnabilis hosti ("Conquered by no enemy")
• United States (Latin): E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one") and In God We Trust
  • There is a separate list of U.S. state mottos
• Uruguay (Spanish): Con Libertad, ni ofendo ni temo ("With Liberty I dont offend and I dont fear")
• Venezuela: none
  • Amazonas (Spanish): Honor y Lealtad ("Honor and Loyalty")
  • Anzoátegui (Spanish): Tumba de sus tiranos ("Tomb of their tyrants")
  • Barinas (Spanish): Dios y Federación ("God and Federation")
  • Carabobo (Latin): Ocassus servitutis ("Decline of the servitude")
  • Cojedes (Latin): Ad Sum ("I am present")
  • Delta Amacuro (Spanish): La Paz en la Federación ("The Peace in the Federation")
  • Falcón (Spanish): Dios y Federación ("God and Federation")
  • Guárico (Spanish): Si amas la libertad, ven a mis pampas ("If you love liberty, come to my plains")
  • Monagas (Spanish): Resistió con valor ("It resisted with courage")
  • Portuguesa (Spanish): Honor y Gloria (Honor and Glory)
  • Vargas (Spanish): Igualdad, Libertad, Propiedad y Seguridad (Equality, Liberty, Property and Security)
• Vietnam (Vietnamese): Ðộc lập, tự do, hạnh phúc ("Independence, liberty, and happiness")
• Western Sahara (SADR): [Arabic text unknown] (Ḥassānīya Arabic, "Liberty, Democracy, Unity")ca:Lema nacional

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