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Motto. A motto (derived from the Latin muttum, 'mutter', by way of Italian motto, 'word' or 'sentence') [1][2][3][4] is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, [1] or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organization. [2][4] Mottos (or mottoes) [1] are usually found predominantly in written ...
Philippine Independent Church: Pro Deo Et Patria (For God and country) Pontificate of Pope Pius XII: opus iustitiae pax (peace is the fruit of justice) Pontificate of Pope Francis: Miserando Atque Eligendo (by having mercy and by choosing) Salvation Army: Blood and Fire.
E Pluribus Unum is a march by the composer Fred Jewell, written in 1917 during World War I. The Wizard of Oz 's title character uses the motto to describe his (and Dorothy's) homeland of Kansas: the land of e pluribus unum. Bugs Bunny misinterprets the motto at the end of Roman Legion Hare: "E Pluribus Uranium ".
The national motto of the United States is In God We Trust, as shown on the reverse of the United States one-dollar bill. Tuvalu: Tuvalu for the Almighty (Tuvaluan: Tuvalu mo te Atua). [136] Uganda: For God and My Country (Swahili: kwa mungu na nchi yangu, also in English). [137] Ukraine: No official motto.
Motto Language Translation Australian Catholic University Truth in Love English: Australian National University: Naturam Primum Cognoscere Rerum: Latin: First, to learn the nature of things. (From Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, l. VI.) Bond University: Bringing ambition to life English Central Queensland University: Doctrina Perpetua: Latin ...
Hand fan of Queen Victoria with motto. Motto on cannon at Fort Denison, Sydney. Honi soit qui mal y pense (UK: / ˌɒni ˌswɑː kiː ˌmæl i ˈpɒ̃s /, US: /- ˌmɑːl -/, French: [ɔni swa ki mal i pɑ̃s]) is a maxim in the Anglo-Norman language, a dialect of Old Norman French spoken by the medieval ruling class in England, meaning "shamed ...
Olive branch, torch and oak branch surrounded with value and lettering "United States of America". Total 86,408,282,060 coins minted from 1965 to 2015. The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is "In God we trust". [1][2][3] The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins ...
Annuit cœptis. Annuit cœptis (/ ˈænuɪt ˈsɛptɪs /, Classical Latin: [ˈannʊ.ɪt ˈkoe̯ptiːs]) is one of two mottos on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. The literal translation is " [He] favors (or "has favored") [our] undertakings", from Latin annuo ("I approve, I favor"), and coeptum ("commencement, undertaking").