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 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 Serbian army motto,[2] World War II Chetniks motto,[3][4][5] and Yugoslav Wars paramilitary motto.[6]
- "Liberty or Death" (Слобода или смрт / Sloboda ili smrt), motto of the Chetniks.[7]
- "All for Serbdom and the Fatherland" (Све за Српство и отаџбину / Sve za Srpstvo i otadžbinu) , adopted in 1911 by Narodna Odbrana.[8]
- "For the Cross and Freedom" (За крст и слободу / Za krst i slobodu).[9][10]
- "For the Honored Cross and Golden Liberty" (За крст часни и слободу златну / Za krst časni i slobodu zlatnu).[11]
- "With God, for Faith and Fatherland" (С Богом, за веру и отечество / S Bogom, za veru i otečestvo), motto of the Serbian Revolution.
"With God, for Faith and Fatherland" at a 1809 First Serbian Uprising flag.
"For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God" at a World War I flag.
"For King and Fatherland, Liberty or Death" at the official Chetniks flag..svg.png)
"For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland" at the official Serbian Armed Forces flag.
Slogans
- "Kosovo is Serbia" (Kosovo je Srbija), slogan used by protesters as a reaction to Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence.
- "Serbia to Tokyo" (Srbija do Tokija), slogan and catch-phrase originated from sports fans chants
- "He is finished" (Gotov je), key symbol for the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević on October 5, 2000.
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Nigel Thomas; Dusan Babac (20 May 2012). Armies in the Balkans 1914-18. Osprey Publishing. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-78096-735-6.
- ↑ Branko Latas; Milovan Dželebdžić (1979). Četnički pokret Draže Mihailovića 1941-1945. Beogradski izdavačko-grafički zavod. p. 40.
- ↑ Ranko Pejić (1998). Srbi na Ozrenu i Vozući: život i stradanja. IPA "Miroslav". p. 229.
- ↑ Toward Freedom. 40–42. Toward Freedom. 1991. p. 3.
an old Chetnik slogan: "Believing in God for King and Fatherland."
- ↑ The South Slav Journal. 22–23. Dositey Obradovich Circle. 2001. p. 90.
- ↑ Heroes of the resistance. Dodd, Mead. 1967. p. 96.
- ↑ Joll, James; Martel, Gordon (2013) [1984]. The Origins of the First World War (3rd ed.). Routledge. p. 113. ISBN 978-1-317-87536-9.
- ↑ Nicholai Velimirovic; Randall Cantuar (1 October 2007). Serbia in Light and Darkness. Cosimo, Inc. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-60206-804-9.
- ↑ Canadian Club of Ottawa (1917). The Canadian Club Yearbook. p. 55.
- ↑ 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.
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