Unofficial mottos of Poland
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Poland has no official motto of the State, namely the one which is recognized as such by the Polish national law.
However, there are some common phrases which appear commonly on banners, flags and other symbols of the Polish State.
The phrase Polish: Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna ("God, Honour, Fatherland") is the most common phrase on currently issued military standards.
Another phrase commonly shown on military banners is Polish: Za wolność Naszą i Waszą ("For our freedom and yours"). Its history dates back to the times when Polish soldiers, exiled from the partitioned Poland, fought in the various independence movements throughout the world.
"Żeby Polska była Polską" ("Let Poland be Poland") is an expression of yearning for self-determination after a century of partitions and half a century of communism. Queen Elizabeth II herself delivered this statement in Polish in a speech cementing the re-establishment of Anglo-Polish friendship after the end of communism.
A very similar slogan is "Nic o nas, bez nas" ("Nothing about us, without us"). It signifies frustration at Poland's fate being determined by foreign powers in the last two centuries. In the older context it relates to partitions and the Congress of Vienna and most recently to the Western Betrayal.
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