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" (Само слога Србина спасава / ''Samo sloga Srbina spasava''), popularly interpreted as depicted in
acronyms
An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...
in the
Serbian cross
The Serbian Cross ( sr, Cрпски крст / Srpski krst) is a national symbol of Serbia, part of the coat of arms and flag of Serbia, and of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It is based on the tetragrammic cross emblem/flag of the Byzantine Palaio ...
part of the
flag
A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design empl ...
and
coat of arms (unofficial).
*"For the Honored Cross and Golden Liberty" (За крст часни и слободу златну / ''Za krst časni i slobodu zlatnu'').
*"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.
*"For King and Fatherland" (За краља и отачаствo / ''Za kralja i otačastvo''), motto of the
Royal Serbian Army, included on infantry flags.
*"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.
*"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,
Chetniks
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
motto,
and
Yugoslav Wars Serbian paramilitary
This is a list of Serbian paramilitary units and formations throughout history. It includes Serbian volunteer militias loyal to the Habsburg Monarchy prior to Serbian independence, and organizations loyal to Serbia since. Note that many of the orga ...
motto.
*"For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" (За слободу и част Отаџбине / ''Za slobodu i čast Otadžbine''), motto of
Interwar Chetniks, and currently the
Serbian Armed Forces.
*"Liberty or Death" (Слобода или смрт / ''Sloboda ili smrt''), motto of the
Serbian Chetniks.
*"All for Serbdom and the Fatherland" (Све за Српство и отаџбину / ''Sve za Srpstvo i otadžbinu''), adopted in 1911 by
Narodna Odbrana
Narodna Odbrana ( sr-cyr, Народна одбрана, literally, "The People's Defence" or "National Defence") was a Serbian nationalist organization established on October 8, 1908 as a reaction to the Austro-Hungarian annexation of Bosnia and ...
.
*"For the Cross and Freedom" (За крст и слободу / ''Za krst i slobodu'').
*"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.
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Serbia to Tokyo
( sr-Cyrl, Србија до Токија), meaning "Serbia to Tokyo", is a slogan and catchphrase dating back to the early 1990s. In 1991, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Serbian (then-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav) football ...
" (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
The 1991 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 8 December 1991 between Red Star Belgrade of SFR Yugoslavia, winners of the 1990–91 European Cup, and Colo-Colo of Chile, winners of the 1991 Copa Libertadores. The match ...
in Tokyo
Gallery
File:First Serbian Uprising regular army flag.png, "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" on an 1809 First Serbian Uprising flag.
File:Serbian War Flag.JPG, "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" on a World War I flag.
File:Flag of the Chetniks.svg, "For King and Fatherland, Liberty or Death" on the official Chetniks
The Chetniks ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Четници, Četnici, ; sl, Četniki), formally the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army, and also the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland and the Ravna Gora Movement, was a Yugoslav royalist and Serbian nationa ...
flag.
File:Flag of the Serbian Armed Forces (reverse).svg, "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" on the official Serbian Armed Forces flag.
See also
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National symbols of Serbia
The national symbols of Serbia are things which are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Serbia and the Serbian people or Serbian culture. Some are established, official symbols; for example, the Coat of arms of Serbia, which h ...
References
Sources
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