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]

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.

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 (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. Novinsko-izdavački centar "Vojska". 3–4 (53–58): 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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