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, or are considered commonly as the symbols of Poland.
- Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła ("Poland is not yet lost") - the first line of the Polish national anthem.
- Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna ("God, Honor, Fatherland"):[1] the most common phrase found on Polish military standards.[citation needed]
- partitioned Poland, fought in the various independence movements throughout the world.[3] Media related to Za wolność naszą i wasząat Wikimedia Commons
- Bataliony Chłopskie, a motto of the Polish patriotic peasant movement and peasant (people's) parties.
- Pro Fide, Lege et Rege ("For Faith, Law, and King"): motto of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 18th century and the Order of the White Eagle.
- Western Betrayal.
- Proletariusze wszystkich krajów, łączcie się! ("Proletarians of all countries, unite!"): The slogan of the ruling Polish United Workers' Party during the Polish People's Republic.
- Queen Elizabeth IIherself delivered this statement in Polish in a speech cementing the re-establishment of Anglo-Polish friendship after the end of communism.
- Solidarność(Solidarity) Independent Self-Governing Trade Union, and Solidarity social movement.
References
- ^ Wrocławskie Towarzystwo Naukowe. Komisja Językowa (2005). Rozprawy Komisji Językowej (in Polish). Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. p. 95.
- ^ Stefanja Laudyn (1920). A World Problem: Jews--Poland--humanity, a Psychological and Historical Study. Printed by American Catalogue Printing Co. p. 194.
- ISBN 978-3-593-39101-4.