List of Serbian mottos

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

Mottos

• "Only Unity Saves the Serbs" (Само слога Србина спасава / Samo sloga Srbina spasava), unofficial Serbian national motto; interpretation of what is taken to be four Cyrillic letters for "S" (written С) on the Serbian cross. ^[1]
• "For Freedom and Honour of the Fatherland" (За слободу и част Отаџбине / Za slobodu i čast Otadžbine), motto of the Serbian Armed Forces, found on uniforms as well as on brigade flags.

Historical mottos

• "For the Honored Cross and Golden Liberty" (За крст часни и слободу златну / Za krst časni i slobodu zlatnu). ^[2]
• "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" (С Богом, за веру и отечество / S Bogom, za veru i otečestvo), motto of the Serbian Revolutionary Army.
• "Time and my right" (Време и моје право / Vreme i moje pravo), motto of the Obrenović dynasty. ^[3]
• "All for Serbdom and the Fatherland" (Све за Српство и отаџбину / Sve za Srpstvo i otadžbinu), motto of Narodna Odbrana. ^[4]
• "Liberty or Death" (Слобода или смрт / Sloboda ili smrt), motto of the Chetniks. ^[5]
• "For King and Fatherland" (За краља и отачаствo / Za kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, found on regimental infantry flags. ^[6]
• "For the Faith, King and Fatherland" (За веру, краља и отачаство / Za veru, kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, found on regimental cavalry flags. ^[7]
• "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" (С вером у Бога, за краља и отаџбину / S verom u Boga, za kralja i otadžbinu), motto of the Royal Serbian Army (during World War I) and Chetniks (during World War II). ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}
• "For King and Fatherland, Freedom or Death" (За краља и отаџбину, слобода или смрт / Za kralja i otadžbinu, sloboda ili smrt), motto of the Chetniks.

Slogans

• "Kosovo is Serbia" (Косово је Србија / Kosovo je Srbija), slogan and catch-phrase used in Serbia since Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence.
• "Serbia to Tokyo" (Србија до Токија / Srbija do Tokija), slogan and catch-phrase used by both Serbian nationalists (to taunt rival neighbouring ethnic groups) and Serbs (jokingly mocking Serb exceptionalism) alike.

Gallery

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  Flag of the Serbian Revolutionary Army with motto "With God, for Faith and Fatherland"
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  Regimental flags of the Royal Serbian Army with motto "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God"
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  Flag of Chetniks with motto "For Crown and Fatherland; Liberty or Death"
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  Flag of the Serbian Armed Forces with motto "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland"

See also

• National symbols of Serbia

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. Joll, James; Martel, Gordon (2013) [1984]. The Origins of the First World War (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 113. ISBN   978-1-317-87536-9.
5. Heroes of the resistance. Dodd, Mead. 1967. p. 96.
6. MO SCG 2007, p. 72.
7. MO SCG 2007, p. 71.
8. Nigel Thomas; Dusan Babac (20 May 2012). Armies in the Balkans 1914-18. Osprey Publishing. p. 11. ISBN   978-1-78096-735-6.
9. Branko Latas; Milovan Dželebdžić (1979). Četnički pokret Draže Mihailovića 1941-1945. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. p. 40.
10. Ranko Pejić (1998). Srbi na Ozrenu i Vozući: život i stradanja. IPA "Miroslav". p. 229. ISBN   9788682487302.
11. Toward Freedom. Vol. 40–42. Toward Freedom. 1991. p. 3. an old Chetnik slogan: "Believing in God for King and Fatherland."

Sources

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