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
: There is no other god other than Allah (God); Muhammad is the messenger of God. (; )As shown on the flag of Afghanistan. : You, Albania, give me honour, give me the name Albanian () : By the people and for the people (; ). : United virtue is stronger (). : Each endeavouring, all achieving : No official motto. Unofficial motto: In Union and Liberty ().As shown on the back of coins; see for instance this photo of a 1992 25 centavos coin. : One Nation, One Culture (; ). : No official motto. Formerly Advance Australia.As shown on the 1908 coat of arms of Australia : No official motto. A.E.I.O.U. is often seen as a historical national motto. The meaning is debated, but the most well known meaning is (Austria's destiny is to rule the world). : No official motto. Unofficial: The Land of Fire ()
: Forward, Upward, Onward Together : No official motto. Former recognized official national slogan and war cry (2022–2024): Victory to Bengal (; জয় বাংলা). : 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 ().As shown on the coins; see for example : Rain ().As shown on the Coat of arms of Botswana. : Order and progress () : Always in service with God's guidance ( ). : Unity makes strength (, ). : Fatherland or death, we shall triumph! (). : Unity, Work, Progress ()Article 7 of : 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 ().As seen on the coat of arms of Colombia : Unity, Solidarity, Development ().As seen on the national seal of the Comoros : Justice, Peace, Work (). : Unity, Work, Progress (). : Fatherland or death, we shall overcome! ()As shown on the obverse of the coins; see : Truth prevails ()As shown on the Flag of the president of the Czech Republic : 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 (Dominican Creole French: Après Bondié, C'est la Ter). : God, Fatherland, Liberty ()Article 93 of : Unity, Action, and Progress ()As shown on the coat of arms. : God, homeland, and freedom (). : God, Union, Liberty () : Unity, Peace, Justice ()As seen on the [Coat of arms of Equatorial Guinea] : Victory to the Masses! (, , also in English). : 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 (Amharic: ኢትዮጲያ ትቅደም; "Ethiopia Tikdem"), and prior to that: Ethiopia holds up her hands unto God (; Itiyopia tabetsih edewiha habe Igziabiher), taken from Psalm 68:31.As shown on the coat of arms of Haile Selassie. : 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 "Sturdy, Stable, Free" () : Liberty, equality, fraternity () : Union, Work, Justice () : Progress, Peace, Prosperity. : Strength is in Unity! (; Dzala ertobashia).As shown on the coat of arms of Georgia. : No official motto, de facto: Unity and justice and freedom (), historically: Gott mit uns, Blut und Boden. : Freedom and Justice. : Freedom or Death (; Eleftheria i thanatos). : Ever Conscious of God We Aspire, Build and Advance as One People. : Grow Free and Fertile (). : Work, Justice, Solidarity (). : Unity, Struggle, Progress ().Article 21 of : 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 (Hungarian: Erő, Hűség, Remény) or Let there be Peace, Freedom and Concord known from the 12 points before the Habsburg rule the official motto was Kingdom of Mary Patroness of Hungary (Latin: Regnum Mariae Patronae Hungariae) : No official motto. Unofficial motto: It will all work out in the end ().
: Truth alone triumphs (, Satyameva Jayate). : Unity in diversity (Old Javanese: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika).Article 36A of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia : God is the Greatest (; Allahu Akbar). De facto motto: Independence, freedom, the Islamic Republic (; Esteqlāl, āzādī, jomhūrī-ye eslāmī).Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Article 18 : God is the Greatest (, Allahu Akbar).As shown on the flag of Iraq. : No official motto. Unofficial: If you will it, it is no dream (; Im Tirtzu, Ein zo Agadah). : Unity, Discipline, Labor (). : Out of many, One People : No official motto. Charter Oath or The Oath in Five Articles (Japanese: 五箇条の御誓文; Gokajō no Goseimon) was previously used between 1868 and 1912 : God, Homeland, King (Jordanian Arabic: الله، الوطن، الملك; Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk).
: All pull together ()."Kenyan National Motto Controversial to Some", Hindu Press International, July 5, 2003 "Kenya: What's in a Name? Goddesses Have Always Been Worshipped", The Nation, May 5, 2008 : Health, Peace and Prosperity ().As shown on the coat of arms of Kiribati. : Strong and Prosperous Nation (Korean: 강성대국). : To broadly benefit the human world ().Specified as ideology on Education Act Number 86, 1949-12-31 http://www.law.go.kr/lsInfoP.do?lsiSeq=5396#0000 (in Korean) : 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 ().Article 4 of : Unity and Freedom : Unity is strength (). : State of the Mahal Dibiyat (; Al-Dawlat Al-Mahaldheebiya). : One people, one goal, one faith ().Article 25 of : Virtuous strength and consistency (). : Accomplishment/Achievement through Joint Effort (). : Honor, Fraternity, Justice (, ).Article 9 of : 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 (; Allāh, Al-Waṭan, Al-Malīk). Sovereign's motto: If you aid God, He will aid you ( ) : Currently no official motto. Formerly: Happiness through harmony (; Samaggānaṃ tapo sukho). : Unity, liberty, justice : God's will first : Mother and motherland are greater than heaven (; Janani Janmabhumishcha Swargadapi Gariyasi) : I will maintain (, ). : No official motto, formerly Onward : In God We Trust ()As shown on the Córdoba (bank notes and coins); see for example Banco Central de Nicaragua : Fraternity, Work, Progress (). : Unity and Faith, Peace and Progress.Article 15 of the : 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 ().
: Faith, Unity, Discipline (; Iman, Ittihad, Nazm). : No official motto. Unofficial: From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free (Arabic: مِنْ اِلْنَهْرْ لِلْبَحْرْ، فِلَسْطِينْ حُرِّة) : For the benefit of the world ().As shown on the Coat of arms of Panama : Unity in Diversity. : Peace and justice (). : Firm and happy for the union (). : For God, for the people, for nature and for the country ().Section 40 of : No official motto. Unofficial mottos of Poland include: For our freedom and yours (); For Faith, Law and the People (), and God, Honour, Fatherland (). : This is my blissful beloved homeland ()
: No official motto. Formerly Nothing without God (), which has been proposed to return. Before Nihil sine Deo, All for One (Romanian: Toți pentru unul) 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. : No official motto. Unofficial mottos: Advance, Russia! (); Russia will be free () : Unity, Work, Patriotism ()Article 6 of : 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 ().As shown on the coat of arms of São Tomé and Príncipe. : There is no God other than God and Muhammad is the Messenger of God (; Lā ʾilāha illā l-Lāh; Muḥammadu r-rasūlu l-Lāh).As shown on the flag of Saudi Arabia. : 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 (1939–1945) Faithful to Ourselves, Together Ahead! (). : To lead is to serve : No official motto. Currently unofficially and formerly officially (1947–2012) Arise Somalis! () : Diverse people unite or Unity in Diversity (). : Justice, Liberty, Prosperity : Further beyond (). : Victory is Ours (; An-Naṣr Linā).As shown on the Coat of arms of Sudan : 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 ().
: No official motto. Nationalism, Democracy, Welfare () is the motto of the Kuomintang and ROC government. : Independence, Freedom, Homeland! (). : Freedom and Unity (). : No official motto. Unofficial: Nation, Religion, King (; )ชนิดา พรหมพยัคฆ์ เผือกสม, การเมืองในประวัติศาสตร์ธงชาติไทย. กรุงเทพฯ: สำนักพิมพ์มติชน, 2546. : Work, liberty, homeland (). : God and Tonga are my Inheritance (). : Together we aspire, together we achieve. : Freedom, Order, Justice (; Ḥoṛiya, Niẓam, 'Adāla). : No official motto. The motto of the Parliament of Turkey: Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation ().Sovereignty unconditionally belongs to the Nation Other mottos: How happy is the one who says I am a Turk (), Either independence or death (), Peace at Home, Peace in the World (Turkish: Yurtta barış, dünyada barış, originally yurtta sulh, cihanda sulh). : No official motto. Unofficial: Turkmenistan is the motherland of Neutrality ().
: Tuvalu for the Almighty ().As shown on the coat of arms of Tuvalu : For God and My Country (, also in English). : No official motto. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes! (; the transliteration of these slogans are also used in English) is the military greeting and de facto motto. : No official motto. Sovereign's motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) in England, Wales and Northern Ireland; In My Defens God Me Defend in Scotland. : In God We Trust (official), E Pluribus Unum (Latin: Out of many, one), (de facto). See also list of U.S. state and territory mottos : Liberty or Death (). : The Strength is in The Justice! ( / ) : In God we stand ().