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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.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité (French for 'Liberty, equality, fraternity') – national motto of France originating in the French Revolution; also the national motto of Haiti; Sous les pavés, la plage! (French for 'Under the cobblestones, the beach!') – notable slogan of the May '68 demonstrations
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.
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)
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 ...
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 ...
The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795.
The English romantic poet William Wordsworth composed the line, "We must be free or die, who speak the tongue that Shakespeare spoke." [10]Live Free or Die, as seen in Edinburgh, Scotland The motto Vivre Libre ou Mourir on the central monument of the Panthéon in Paris, which represents the National Convention.