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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.
Belgian monarchy: French: L'Union Fait La Force (Union makes strength) British monarchy (Plantagenet): French: Dieu Et Mon Droit (God and my right / God and my right shall me defend) Dutch monarchy: French: Je Maintiendrai (I will maintain) Greek royal family : Greek: Ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ (People's love, my strength)
Some former colonies of the French Republic, such as Haiti, Chad, Niger, and Gabon, have adopted similar three-word national mottos. The idea of the slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" has influenced as natural law, the First Article of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.
E pluribus unum included in the Great Seal of the United States, being one of the nation's mottos at the time of the seal's creation. E pluribus unum (/ iː ˈ p l ɜːr ɪ b ə s ˈ uː n ə m / ee PLUR-ib-əs OO-nəm, Classical Latin: [eː ˈpluːrɪbʊs ˈuːnʊ̃], Latin pronunciation: [e ˈpluribus ˈunum]) – Latin for "Out of many, one" [1] [2] (also translated as "One out of many" [3 ...
Eureka, the motto of California on its state seal Nil sine numine, the motto of Colorado on its state seal Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono, the motto of Hawaii on its state quarter Crossroads of America, the motto of Indiana on its state quarter Ad astra per aspera, the motto of Kansas on its state seal Live Free or Die, the motto of New Hampshire on its state quarter Labor omnia vincit ...
National motto "In God We Trust" E pluribus unum [3] [4] National anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner" "The Star-Spangled Banner" [5] National march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" "The Stars and Stripes Forever" [6] Oath of Allegiance: Pledge of Allegiance [7] National mammal: American bison [8] [9] [10] National bird: Bald eagle [11] [12 ...
That was the national motto first recommended by a committee on July 4, 1776, according to the Smithsonian. The motto changed in the 1950’s Cold War era when Eisenhower added “under God” to ...
The constitutionality of the modern national motto has been questioned with relationship to the separation of church and state outlined in the First Amendment. In 1970, in Aronow v. United States , the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the motto does not violate the First Amendment to the Constitution.