list of state mottos

Here is a list of state mottos for countries and their subdivisions around the world.

Andorra: Virtus unita fortior (Latin, "Strength united is stronger")
Antigua and Barbuda: Each endeavouring, all achieving
Argentina: En unin y libertad (Spanish, "In union and freedom")
Australia: none

Australian Capital Territory: 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: none
Tasmania: Ubertas et fidelitas (Latin, "Fertility and faithfulness")
Victoria: Peace and prosperity
Western Australia: none

Austria-Hungary: Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter
Bahamas: Forward upward onward together
Barbados: Pride and Industry
Belgium: L'union fait la force, Eendracht maakt macht and Einigkeit gibt Strke (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: Firme y Feliz por la Unin (Spanish, "Firm and Happy because of the Union")
Brazil: Ordem e progresso (Portuguese, "Order and progress")
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")
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")

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")
Cuba: Patria y Libertad (Spanish, "Homeland and Liberty")
Czech Republic: Pravda vtěz! (Czech, "Truth prevails!")
Denmark: Royal motto of Queen Margrethe II: Guds hjlp, Folkets krlighed, Danmarks styrke (Danish: "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength")
East Timor: Honra, pátria e povo (Portuguese, "Honour, country and people")
El Salvador: Dios, Unin, Libertad (Spanish, "God, Union, Liberty")
European Union: United in diversity Unie dans la diversit, etc.
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! (Georgian, The Power 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 (Greek, "Liberty or death")
Guyana: One people, one nation, one destiny
Haiti: L'union fait la force (French, "Unity is strength")
India: Satyameva jayate (Sanskrit, "Truth alone triumphs")
Indonesia: Bhinneka Tunggal Ika (Old Javanese, "Unity in diversity")
Iran: Allahu Akbar (Arabic, "God is most great")
Jamaica: Out of many people, we are one
Kenya: Harambee (Swahili, "Let's work together")
Kiribati: Te mauri, te raoi ao te tabomoa (Kiribati, "Health, Peace and Prosperity")
Laos: "Peace, independence, democracy, unity and prosperity"
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 reeleccin (Spanish, "Effective suffrage, not re-election)", is at present in the signature of government's documents.
Monaco: Prince of Monaco's Motto: Deo juvante (Latin, "With God's help")
Namibia: Unity, liberty, justice
Nauru: God's will first
Nepal: "The motherland is worth more than the kingdom of heaven"
Netherlands: Je maintiendrai (French, "I will maintain")
Netherlands Antilles: Libertate unanimus (Latin, "Unified by freedom")
North Korea: "One is sure to win if he believes in and depends upon the people"
Norway: The King's motto: Alt for Norge (Norwegian, "All for Norway")
Panama: Pro mundi beneficio (Latin, "For the benefit of the world")
Philippines: Maka-Diyos, Maka-Tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa (Filipino, “For God, People, Nature and Nation”)
Poland: none; the words Honor i Ojczyzna (Polish: "Honour and Homeland"); or Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna (Polish, "God, Honour, Homeland") appear on most military flags and banners
Republic of Macedonia (Former Yugoslav) :Sloboda ili smrt (Macedonian language,"Liberty or death")
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 and Montenegro (Unofficial): Samo Sloga Srbina Spasava (Serbian, "Only unity saves 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:!ke e: /xarra //ke (/Xam, "Diverse people unite" or "Unity in Diversity")
South Korea: 널리 인간을 이롭게하라 (Korean, "Good will for all mankind")
Spain: Plus ultra (Latin, "Further beyond")

Former: Una, grande y libre (Spanish "One, great and free") (under Franco)
Andalusia: Andalucía para sí, para España y la humanidad (Spanish, "Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity")
Catalonia: Som sis milions (Catalan, "We are six million people")

Solomon Islands: To Lead is to serve
Soviet Union: Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь! (Russian, "Workers of the world, unite!")
Suriname: Justitia, pietas, fides (Latin, "Justice, piety, loyalty")
Swaziland: Siyinquaba (Swati, "We are the fortress")
Sweden: Royal motto: För Sverige i tiden (Swedish, "For Sweden, with the times")
Thailand: "Land of smiles"
Togo: Travail, Libert, Patrie (French: "Work, liberty, homeland")
Turkey: Yurtta Sulh, Cihanda Sulh (Turkish, "Peace at home, peace in the world")
Tuvalu: Tuvalu mo te Atua (Tuvaluan, "Tuvalu for the Almighty")
Ukraine: Volja, zlagoda, dobro (Ukrainian, "Freedom, accord, goodness")
United Kingdom: Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French, "God and my right")

Scotland: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin, "No one injures me with impunity")
Wales: Ich Dien (German, "I serve" - Prince's motto), Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn (Welsh, "The red dragon inspires action"), Cymru am byth (Welsh, "Wales for ever" - unofficial)
Isle of Man: Quocunque jeceris stabit (Latin, "Whithersoever you throw it, it will stand")
Cayman Islands: He hath founded it upon the seas
Falkland Islands: Desire the right
Gibraltar: Nulli expugnabilis hosti (Latin, "Conquered by no enemy")

United States: In God we trust

Formerly: E Pluribus Unum (Latin, "Out of many, one").
There is a separate list of U.S. state mottos

Uruguay: Libertad o muerte (Spanish, "Liberty or death")
Vietnam: ộc lập, tự do, hạnh phc (Vietnamese, "Independence, liberty, and happiness")

List Of State Mottos

See also