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* [[Order of the Bath]]: Tria Juncta In Uno ({{lang-la|Three joined in one}})<ref name=heraldry>book</ref>
* [[Order of the Bath]]: Tria Juncta In Uno ({{lang-la|Three joined in one}})<ref name=heraldry>book</ref>
* [[Order of Canada]]: Desiderantes Melioram Patriam ({{lang-la|They desired a better land}})
* [[Order of Canada]]: Desiderantes Melioram Patriam ({{lang-la|They desired a better land}})
* [[Order of Charles III]] (Spain): Virtuti et Merito ({{lang-la|By virtue and merit}})
* [[Order of the Cross of Liberty]] (Finland): Isänmaan Puolesta ({{lang-fi|For the Fatherland}})
* [[Order of the Cross of Liberty]] (Finland): Isänmaan Puolesta ({{lang-fi|For the Fatherland}})
* [[Order of the Dannebrog]] (Denmark): Gud og Kungen ({{lang-da|God and the King}})
* [[Order of the Dannebrog]] (Denmark): Gud og Kungen ({{lang-da|God and the King}})
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* [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)]]: Za Ojczyznę i Naród ({{lang-pl|For Fatherland and Nation}})
* [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)]]: Za Ojczyznę i Naród ({{lang-pl|For Fatherland and Nation}})
* [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]: Isänmaan hyväksi ({{lang-fi|For the Well-Being of the Fatherland}})
* [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]: Isänmaan hyväksi ({{lang-fi|For the Well-Being of the Fatherland}})
* [[Order of the White Lion]] (Czech Republic): Pravda Vítězí ({{lang-cz|Truth Prevails}})
* [[Victoria Cross]]: For Valour<ref name=heraldry>book</ref>
* [[Victoria Cross]]: For Valour<ref name=heraldry>book</ref>



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America works (motto of the Export-Import Bank of the United States)

This is a list of mottos of organizations, institutions, municipalities and authorities.

Organizations

National mottos

Cultural, philanthropic and scientific

Public service and youth service

Police and public safety

Sport and competition

Politics

Heritage and historical

Religion

Business

Dynasties

Medical

Other

Military and governmental

Orders and decorations

Municipalities

Australasia

New South Wales

New Zealand

Northern Territory

Queensland

Southern Australia

  • Adelaide: Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti (Latin: United for the common good)

Canada

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

  • Saint John: O Fortunati Quorum Jam Moenia Surgunt (Latin: O fortunate ones whose walls are now rising / O happy they, whose promised walls already rise)

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Quebec

Sasketchewan

Europe

  • Amsterdam: Valor, Resolution, and Mercy
  • Douglas: Kiannoortys cheusthie jeh Kiannoortys (Manx: Government within a government)
  • Frankfurt: Stark im Recht (German: Strongly right)
  • Gdańsk: Nec temere, nec timide (Latin: Neither rashly nor timidly)
  • Gdynia: Gdynia—miasto z morza i marzeń (Polish: Gdynia—a city built of sea and dreams)
  • Łódź: Ex navicula navis (Latin: Big boat out of a small one)
  • Marseille: Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (Latin: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
  • Paris: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not founder)
  • Sofia: Raste, no ne staree (Bulgarian: Grows, but does not age)
  • Warsaw: Contemnit procellas (It defies the storms), Semper invicta (Latin: Always invincible)
  • Valletta: Citta Umilissima (The most humble city)
  • Żebbuġ, Malta: Semper Virens (Latin: Evergreen)
  • Oporto, Portugal: Antiga, mui nobre e sempre leal, Invicta cidade do Porto (Latin: Antique, highly noble, always faithful, unvanquished Oporto City)

Indonesia

  • Bandung: Gemah Ripah Wibawa Mukti (rich soil, prosperous people)
    Rarasing Rasa Wiwaraning Praja, a Javanese sengkala, (referring to the year of 1966), people's harmonious feeling for entering a gate of prosperity
  • Karawang: Pangkal Perjuangan (Struggle starting point)

India

  • Kolkatta (Calcutta): Purosree Bibardhan (Bengali: Progress of the city)
  • Mumbai: Yato Dharmastato Jaya (यतो धर्मस्ततो जय) (Sanskrit: Where there is righteousness, there shall be victory). Pre-independence motto: Urbs Primis in Indis (India's first city)
  • Kerala: Ever To Be The Best (Tolins World School)

Republic of Ireland

  • Cork: Statio Bene Fida Carinis (Latin: A safe harbour for ships)
  • Dublin: Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas (Latin: Happy the city where citizens obey)
  • Dún Laoghaire: Ó Chuan go Sliabh (From the harbour to the mountain)
  • Limerick: Urbs Antiqua Fuit Studiisque Asperrima Belli (Latin: An ancient city well versed in the arts of war)
  • Waterford: Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia (Latin: Waterford remains the untaken city)

Latin America

United Kingdom

Gloucestershire

Greater London

Greater Manchester

Hampshire

Kent

Lancashire

Leicestershire

Lincolnshire

Merseyside

  • Liverpool: Not For Ourselves, But For The Whole World

Norfolk

Northumbria

Scotland

Northern Ireland

  • Ballyclare: Industria et Probitate (Latin: By work and integrity)
  • Belfast: Pro tanto quid retribuamus (Latin: What shall we give in return for so much)
  • Lisburn: Ex Igne Resurgam (Latin: I will arise from the fire)
  • Derry: Vita, Veritas, Victoria (Latin: Life, truth, victory)

Wales

  • Merthyr Tydfil: Nid Cadern Ond Brodyrdde (Welsh: No strength but in fellowship)
  • Llandudno: Hardd Hafan Hedd (Welsh: Beautiful haven of peace)
  • Newport: Terra Marique (By land and sea)

United States of America

California

  • San Francisco: Oro en Paz, Fierro en Guerra (Gold in peace, iron in war)

Florida

Illinois

Indiana

Massachusetts

  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (Latin: By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
  • Boston: Sicut patribus sit deus nobis (Latin: God be with us as He was with our fathers)

Maryland

Michigan

  • Detroit: Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus (Latin: We hope for better things, it will rise from the ashes)
  • Grand Rapids: Motu Viget

Minnesota

Pennsylvania

Virginia

British counties

England

Traditional

Modern

Farmer

Scotland

Wales

Traditional

Modern

Educational institutions

Universities

Schools

Unsorted

See also

References

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