''Desire the Right'' is the motto of the

Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; es, Islas Malvinas, link=no ) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and about from Cape Dubouze ...

. It makes reference to the ''Desire'', the vessel from which English sea-captain John Davis sighted the Falkland Islands in 1592. The motto was adopted as the name of a political party which advocated

rapprochement In international relations, a rapprochement, which comes from the French word ''rapprocher'' ("to bring together"), is a re-establishment of cordial relations between two countries. This may be done due to a mutual enemy, as was the case with Germ ...

with Argentina, the

Desire the Right Party The Desire the Right Party (DRP) was a political party in the Falkland Islands, one of the only political parties in the history of the Falklands, which has traditionally acted as a non-partisan democracy. The other party that existed in the isla ...

, which fielded three candidates in the 1989 general election, although none were elected.

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History of the Falkland Islands National mottos {{Heraldry-stub