List of Serbian mottos

The following is a list of mottos connected to Serbia (and Serbs) and Serbian nationalism. Serbia has no official national motto.

  • "Only Unity Saves the Serbs"[1] (Само слога Србина спасава / Samo sloga Srbina spasava), popularly interpreted as depicted in acronyms in the Serbian cross part of the flag and coat of arms (unofficial).
  • "For the Honored Cross and Golden Liberty" (За крст часни и слободу златну / Za krst časni i slobodu zlatnu).[2]
  • "There is not Cross without Three fingers"* (Нема крста без три прста / Nema krsta bez tri prsta).*
  • "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" (С Богом, за веру и отечество / S Bogom, za veru i otečestvo), motto of the Serbian Revolution.
  • "Time and my right" (Време и моје право / Vreme i moje pravo), motto of the Obrenović dynasty and Prince Mihailo Obrenović.[3]
  • "For King and Fatherland" (За краља и отачаствo / Za kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, included on infantry flags.[4]
  • "For the Faith, King and Fatherland" (За веру, краља и отачаство / Za veru, kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, included on cavalry flags.[5]
  • "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" (С вером у Бога, за краља и отаџбину / S verom u Boga, za kralja i otadžbinu), World War I Royal Serbian Army motto,[6] World War II Chetniks motto,[7][8][9] and Yugoslav Wars Serbian paramilitary motto.[10]
  • "Liberty or Death" (Слобода или смрт / Sloboda ili smrt), motto of the Serbian Chetniks.[12]
  • "All for Serbdom and the Fatherland" (Све за Српство и отаџбину / Sve za Srpstvo i otadžbinu), adopted in 1911 by Narodna Odbrana.[13]
  • "For the Cross and Freedom" (За крст и слободу / Za krst i slobodu).[14][15]
  • "God Save Serbia" (Бог чува Србију / Bog čuva Srbiju).

Slogans
  • "Kosovo is Serbia" (Косово је Србија / Kosovo je Srbija), slogan used by protesters as a reaction to Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence.
  • "Serbia to Tokyo" (Србија до Токија / Srbija do Tokija), slogan and catch-phrase originated from sports fans chants when Serbian football club Red Star Belgrade won the 1991 Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo
  • "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" on an 1809 First Serbian Uprising flag.
    "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" on an 1809 First Serbian Uprising flag.
  • "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" on a World War I flag.
    "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" on a World War I flag.
  • "For King and Fatherland, Liberty or Death" on the official Chetniks flag.
    "For King and Fatherland, Liberty or Death" on the official Chetniks flag.
  • "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" on the official Serbian Armed Forces flag.
    "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" on the official Serbian Armed Forces flag.

See also

References
  1. Ivan Čolović (January 2002). The Politics of Symbol in Serbia: Essays in Political Anthropology. C. Hurst & Co. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-85065-556-5.
  2. Nikolaj Velimirović; Lj Ranković (1996). Izabrana dela u 10 knjiga: Ustanak robova. Srbija u svetlosti i mraku. O istoriji. Duhovni preporod Evrope. O Evropi. Agonija crkve. O zapadnom hrišćanstvu. Glas crkve. pp. 54, 57.
  3. "Heraldry". www.royalhouseofobrenovic.org. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
  4. MO SCG 2007, p. 72.
  5. MO SCG 2007, p. 71.
  6. Nigel Thomas; Dusan Babac (20 May 2012). Armies in the Balkans 1914-18. Osprey Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-78096-735-6.
  7. Branko Latas; Milovan Dželebdžić (1979). Četnički pokret Draže Mihailovića 1941-1945. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. p. 40.
  8. Ranko Pejić (1998). Srbi na Ozrenu i Vozući: život i stradanja. IPA "Miroslav". p. 229. ISBN 9788682487302.
  9. Toward Freedom. Vol. 40–42. Toward Freedom. 1991. p. 3. an old Chetnik slogan: "Believing in God for King and Fatherland."
  10. The South Slav Journal. Vol. 22–23. Dositey Obradovich Circle. 2001. p. 90.
  11. Spomenica Ljubomira Davidovića. Glavni odbor Demokratske stranke. 1940. p. 270.
  12. Heroes of the resistance. Dodd, Mead. 1967. p. 96.
  13. Joll, James; Martel, Gordon (2013) [1984]. The Origins of the First World War (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-317-87536-9.
  14. Nicholai Velimirovic; Randall Cantuar (1 October 2007). Serbia in Light and Darkness. Cosimo, Inc. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-60206-804-9.
  15. Canadian Club of Ottawa (1917). The Canadian Club Yearbook. p. 55.

Sources
  • MO SCG (2007). "Odbrana". Odbrana: Magazin Ministarstva Odbrane SCG. Novinsko-izdavački centar "Vojska". 3–4 (53–58): 71–72.
  • Samardžić, Dragana (1993). Старе заставе у Војном Музеју. Vojni muzej.
  • Samardžić, Dragana (1983). Vojne zastave Srba do 1918. Belgrade: Vojni muzej.
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