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– slogan coined by Patrick Henry prior to the American Revolutionary War; various versions and translations have been used around the world; God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve – anti-gay slogan used by Christians who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds; used by televangelist and Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell
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.
Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, House of Romania : Nihil Sine Deo (Nothing without God) Pahlavi dynasty : Persian: مرا داد فرمود و خود داور است (Justice He [God] bids me do, as He will judge me) Rothschild family: Concordia, Integritas, Industria (Unity, integrity, diligence) House of Savoy: FERT
Refers to the practice in Greek drama of lowering by crane (the mechanê) an actor playing a god or goddess onto the stage to resolve an insuperable conflict in the plot. The device is most commonly associated with Euripides. Deus lux mea est: God is my light: The motto of The Catholic University of America. Deus meumque jus: God and my right
For God and Country Université de Sherbrooke: Veritatem in charitate: Latin Truth in charity University of Toronto: Velut arbor ævo: Latin Like a tree through the ages University of Victoria: ויהי אור / Multitudo sapientium sanitas orbis: Hebrew / Latin Let there be light A multitude of the wise is the health of the world University of ...
The concept of unity in diversity can be traced back to Sufi philosopher Ibn al-'Arabi (1165–1240), who advanced the metaphysical concept of the "oneness of being" (wahdat al-wujud), namely, that reality is one, and that God's is the only true existence; all other beings are merely shadows, or reflections of God's qualities. [5]
A phrase similar to "In God we trust" appears in the final stanza of "The Star-Spangled Banner". Written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key (and later adopted as the U.S. national anthem on March 3, 1931 by U.S. President Herbert Hoover), the song contains an early reference to a variation of the phrase: "And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust ...
The Quran teaches the existence of a single and absolute truth that transcends the world—a unique, independent and indivisible being who is independent of the entire creation. [10] God, according to Islam, is a universal God, rather than a local, tribal, or parochial one, and is an absolute who integrates all affirmative values. [6]