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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.
• "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).
• "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.
• "All for Serbdom and the Fatherland" (Све за Српство и отаџбину / Sve za Srpstvo i otadžbinu), motto of Narodna Odbrana.
• "Liberty or Death" (Слобода или смрт / Sloboda ili smrt), motto of the Chetniks.
• "For King and Fatherland" (За краља и отачаствo / Za kralja i otačastvo), motto of the Royal Serbian Army, found on regimental infantry flags.
• "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.
• "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).

Slogans

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• "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.

Gallery

• Flag of the Serbian Revolutionary Army with motto "With God, for Faith and Fatherland"
• Regimental flags of the Royal Serbian Army with motto "For King and Fatherland, with Faith in God"
• Flag of Chetniks with motto "For Crown and Fatherland; Liberty or Death"
• Flag of the Serbian Armed Forces with motto "For Liberty and Honour of the Fatherland"

See also

• National symbols of Serbia

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) . 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. 3–4 (53–58). Novinsko-izdavački centar "Vojska": 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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Official symbols	Flag Coat of arms Anthem State decoration
Names and codes	Names of Serbia Country codes of Serbia
Cultural icons	Heraldry Serbian cross Serbian eagle Triballian boar Mottos Only Unity Saves the Serbs Three-fingers salute Mother Serbia Regalia Serbian name National costume Šajkača Opanak Šubara Cuisine Ajvar Burek Ćevapčići Gibanica Karađorđeva šnicla Pljeskavica Pasulj Sarma Slatko Šljivovica Musical instruments Gusle Frula Tamburica Serbian art White Angel Kosovo Maiden Migration of the Serbs Serbian epic poetry
UNESCO	World Heritage Sites Studenica Stari Ras and Sopoćani Gamzigrad Medieval Monuments in Kosovo Visoki Dečani Patriarchate of Peć Our Lady of Ljeviš Gračanica Stećci Mramorje (Perućac) Mramorje (Rastište) Grčko groblje (Hrta) Intangible Cultural Heritage Slava Kolo Singing to the accompaniment of the gusle Zlakusa pottery Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit of šljivovica Naïve painting practices of Kovačica Memory of the World Nikola Tesla Archive Miroslav Gospel Telegram of Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Archives Man and the Biosphere Programme Nature park Golija-Studenica Gornje Podunavlje
Monuments and locations	Bač Fortress Belgrade Fortress Church of Saint Sava Deliblato Sands Đavolja Varoš Đerdap National Park Fruška Gora National Park Gazimestan Golubac Fortress Justiniana Prima Krušedol monastery Kopaonik National Park Lepenski Vir Maglič Fortress Manasija monastery Mileševa monastery Mediana Monument to the Unknown Hero Niš Fortress Oplenac Palić Lake Petrovaradin Fortress Ram Fortress Resava Cave Sirmium Sirogojno Smederevo Fortress Šar Mountains National Park Tara National Park Trajan's Bridge Viminacium Vinča-Belo Brdo Žiča monastery
People	Patron saints Saint Sava Fathers of the Nation Karađorđe Miloš Obrenović Depicted on Serbian dinar Vuk Karadžić (Linguist) Petar II Njegoš (Poet) Stevan Mokranjac (Composer) Nikola Tesla (Inventor) Nadežda Petrović (Painter) Jovan Cvijić (Geographer) Đorđe Vajfert (Industrialist) Milutin Milanković (Geophysicist) Slobodan Jovanović (Jurist) Dositej Obradović (Intellectual) Ivo Andrić (Poet) Mihajlo Pupin (Physicist)
Fauna and flora	Wolf Eagle Plum Oak Serbian Spruce Natalie's ramonda Serbian ramonda
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