Unofficial mottos of Poland
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Poland
has no official motto of the State, namely the one which is recognized as such by the Polish national law.
However, there are some common phrases which appear commonly on banners, flags and other symbols of the Polish State.
The phrase ("God, Honour, Fatherland") is the most common phrase on currently issued military standards.
Another phrase commonly shown on military banners is ("For our freedom and yours"). Its history dates back to the times when Polish soldiers, exiled from the partitioned Poland, fought in the various independence movements throughout the world.
"Aby Polska była Polską" ("Let Poland be Poland") is an expression of yearning for self-determination after a century of partitions and half a century of communism. Queen Elizabeth II herself delivered this statement in Polish in a speech cementing the re-establishment of Anglo-Polish friendship after the end of communism.
A very similar slogan is "Nic o nas, bez nas" ("Nothing about us, without us"). It signifies frustration at Poland's fate being determined by foreign powers in the last two centuries. In the older context it relates to partitions and the Congress of Vienna
and most recently to the Western Betrayal
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
has no official motto of the State, namely the one which is recognized as such by the Polish national law.
However, there are some common phrases which appear commonly on banners, flags and other symbols of the Polish State.
The phrase ("God, Honour, Fatherland") is the most common phrase on currently issued military standards.
Another phrase commonly shown on military banners is ("For our freedom and yours"). Its history dates back to the times when Polish soldiers, exiled from the partitioned Poland, fought in the various independence movements throughout the world.
"Aby Polska była Polską" ("Let Poland be Poland") is an expression of yearning for self-determination after a century of partitions and half a century of communism. Queen Elizabeth II herself delivered this statement in Polish in a speech cementing the re-establishment of Anglo-Polish friendship after the end of communism.
A very similar slogan is "Nic o nas, bez nas" ("Nothing about us, without us"). It signifies frustration at Poland's fate being determined by foreign powers in the last two centuries. In the older context it relates to partitions and the Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
The Congress of Vienna was a conference of ambassadors of European states chaired by Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, and held in Vienna from September, 1814 to June, 1815. The objective of the Congress was to settle the many issues arising from the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars,...
and most recently to the Western Betrayal
Western betrayal
Western betrayal, also called Yalta betrayal, refers to a range of critical views concerning the foreign policies of several Western countries between approximately 1919 and 1968 regarding Eastern Europe and Central Europe...
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See also
- Pro Fide, Lege et RegePro Fide, Lege et RegePro Fide, Lege et Rege was an 18th century motto of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then of Poland. It superseded the earlier Si Deus Nobiscum quis contra nos...
, motto of the Order of the White Eagle - List of state mottos