List of Serbian mottos

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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]
  • "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" (За слободу и част Отаџбине / Za slobodu i čast Otadžbine), motto of Interwar Chetniks,[11] and currently the Serbian Armed Forces.
  • "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]

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

Gallery[]

  • "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, Liberty or Death" on the official Chetniks 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. 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.
  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. Vol. 3–4. Novinsko-izdavački centar "Vojska". pp. 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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