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Political slogan (listed alphabetically)


A

* Abki baar Modi Sarkar – Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign slogan for 2014 Indian Parliamentary Elections * ACT UP, Fight Back, Fight AIDS – The slogan of the AIDS activist group
ACT UP AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) is an international, grassroots political group working to end the AIDS pandemic. The group works to improve the lives of people with AIDS through direct action, medical research, treatment and advocacy ...
, the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, grassroots political activists working to end the HIV/AIDS pandemic


B

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Bangladesh Zindabad Bangladesh Zindabad ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জিন্দাবাদ — , ) is a slogan used by Bangladeshis as an expression of patriotism and often used in political speeches and cricket matches. Its use started even before the creatio ...
– Long live
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
*
Believe women "Believe women" is an American political slogan arising out of the #MeToo movement. It refers to accepting women's allegations of sexual harassment or sexual assault at face value. Jude Doyle, writing for ''Elle'', argues that the phrase means ...
– used to encourage people to believe the testimony of women regarding violent and sexual assault. * Bessarabia, Romanian land
Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania ** Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditiona ...
nationalist Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Th ...
and
irredentist Irredentism is usually understood as a desire that one state annexes a territory of a neighboring state. This desire is motivated by ethnic reasons (because the population of the territory is ethnically similar to the population of the parent st ...
phrase posing claims over the region of
Bessarabia Bessarabia (; Gagauz: ''Besarabiya''; Romanian: ''Basarabia''; Ukrainian: ''Бессара́бія'') is a historical region in Eastern Europe, bounded by the Dniester river on the east and the Prut river on the west. About two thirds o ...
. *
Better dead than Red "Better red than dead" and "better dead than red" were dueling Cold War slogans which first gained currency in the United States during the late 1950s, amid debates about anti-communism and nuclear disarmament (red being the emblematic color of ...
anti-Communist Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the ...
slogan. *
Black is beautiful Black is beautiful is a cultural movement that was started in the United States in the 1960s by African Americans. It later spread beyond the United States, most prominently in the writings of the Black Consciousness Movement of Steve Biko in ...
– political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by
African Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
*
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...
* Black Power – a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies, popularized by
Stokely Carmichael Kwame Ture (; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941November 15, 1998) was a prominent organizer in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad, he grew up in the Unite ...
in the 1960s. * Blood and soil – political slogan for
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
's racial policies. Later adopted by other white-supremacist movements, including the
alt-right The alt-right, an abbreviation of alternative right, is a far-right, white nationalist movement. A largely online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late 2000s before increasing in popularity during the mid-2 ...
in the United States. * Brazil Above Everything, God Above Everyone –
Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian President
Jair Bolsonaro Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who has been the 38th president of Brazil since 1 January 2019. He was elected in 2018 as a member of the Social Liberal Party, which he turn ...
's most known slogan, emphasizing Brazilian people's Christianity and
patriotism Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to one's country. This attachment can be a combination of many different feelings, language relating to one's own homeland, including ethnic, cultural, political or histor ...
. *
Bread and roses "Bread and Roses" is a political slogan as well as the name of an associated poem and song. It originated from a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech about "bread for all, and roses too" inspired ...
labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the la ...
and
immigrant Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not natives or where they do not possess citizenship in order to settle as permanent residents or naturalized citizens. Commuters, tourists, ...
rights slogan. *
Brotherhood and unity Brotherhood and unity was a popular slogan of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia that was coined during the Yugoslav People's Liberation War (1941–45), and which evolved into a guiding principle of Yugoslavia's post-war inter-ethnic poli ...
– used by the
League of Communists of Yugoslavia The League of Communists of Yugoslavia, mk, Сојуз на комунистите на Југославија, Sojuz na komunistite na Jugoslavija known until 1952 as the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, sl, Komunistična partija Jugoslavije mk ...
after
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. * Build Back Better – name of the economic recovery plan put forward by the
Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign Former vice president Joe Biden began his presidential campaign on April 25, 2019 by releasing a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. The campaign concluded with him and his running mate Kamala ...
*
Build The Wall The Trump wall, commonly referred to as "The Wall", is an expansion of the Mexico–United States barrier that started in the U.S. during the 1980’s to keep help enforce immigration laws in the United States. Prior to Donald Trump, border s ...
– political slogan used by
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
, as a chant to build the
border wall A border barrier is a separation barrier that runs along or near an international border. Such barriers are typically constructed for border control purposes such as curbing illegal immigration, human trafficking, and smuggling. Some such barr ...
between
Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
and
America The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
.


C

* Choose Forward – election slogan of the
Liberal Party of Canada The Liberal Party of Canada (french: Parti libéral du Canada, region=CA) is a federal political party in Canada. The party espouses the principles of liberalism,McCall, Christina; Stephen Clarkson"Liberal Party". ''The Canadian Encyclopedia' ...
for the
2019 Canadian federal election The 2019 Canadian federal election was held on October 21, 2019. Members of the House of Commons were elected to the 43rd Canadian Parliament. In keeping with the maximum four-year term under a 2007 amendment to the ''Canada Elections Act'', ...
* Chowkidar Chor Hai – coined by the
Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president o ...
of
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
in 2019 election in response to Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
calling himself Chowkidar. *
Church in Danger 'Church in Danger' was a political slogan used by the Tory party, and particularly by High Tories in elections during Queen Anne's reign. 'Church in Danger' was a rallying call for many Anglicans in England who feared that the established Churc ...
– used by the
Tory Party The Tories were a loosely organised political faction and later a political party, in the Parliaments of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. They first emerged during the 1679 Exclusion Crisis, when they opposed ...
in elections during Queen Anne's reign. *
Come and take it "Come and take it" is a historic slogan, first used in 480 BC in the Battle of Thermopylae as " Molon labe" by Spartan King Leonidas I as a defiant answer and last stand to the surrender demanded by the Persian Army, and later in 1778 at Fort M ...
– Slogan at the
Battle of Gonzales The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers. In 1831, Mexican authorit ...
*
Compassionate conservatism Compassionate conservatism is an American political philosophy that stresses using conservative techniques and concepts in order to improve the general welfare of society. The philosophy supports the implementation of policies designed to help the ...
– slogan of George W. Bush's campaign during the 2000 presidential election. * Change is Coming ** campaign slogan used by
Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
in his presidential bid in the 2016 Philippine presidential elections ** slogan used by Mombasa County, Kenya, gubernatorial candidate Suleiman Shahbal during his bid to be the first Governor of the Cosmopolitan County. * Common Prosperity a Chinese government political slogan and policy to bolster social equality. * Change You Can Believe In—Barack Obama campaign slogan 2008


D

* Decolonise Education – slogan used to demand that universities in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
must dismantle of
Eurocentric Eurocentrism (also Eurocentricity or Western-centrism) is a worldview that is centered on Western civilization or a biased view that favors it over non-Western civilizations. The exact scope of Eurocentrism varies from the entire Western worl ...
and Western centered ideas, institutions, interests, systems, symbols, and standards within the higher education system. It was used during the 2015 students protests which called for the removal of a statue at the
University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...
that commemorated
Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Bri ...
and the other 2015 students protests which followed calling for the abolition of fees in public universities in the country. *
Death to fascism, freedom to the people "Death to fascism, freedom to the people!" ( sh-Latn-Cyrl , Smrt fašizmu, sloboda narodu! , separator= " / " , Смрт фашизму, слобода народу! , sl, Smrt fašizmu, svoboda narodu!, mk, Смрт на фашизмот, ...
– anti-Nazi slogan used by the Yugoslav resistance movement during World War II * Deeds Not Words –
Women's Social and Political Union The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership an ...
suffragette A suffragette was a member of an activist women's organisation in the early 20th century who, under the banner "Votes for Women", fought for the right to vote in public elections in the United Kingdom. The term refers in particular to member ...
slogan, 1903. * ''¡Democracia Real Ya!'' – (Real Democracy Now!) Used in the
2011 Spanish protests The anti-austerity movement in Spain, also referred to as the 15-M Movement (Spanish: ''Movimiento 15-M''), and the Indignados Movement, was a series of protests, demonstrations, and occupations against austerity policies in Spain that began aro ...
* ''Deus, Patria, e Familia'' – Salazar reactionary slogan in the Estado Novo regime in
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...
* Do you want
John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams (; July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States ...
who can write, or
Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, he gained fame as ...
who can fight? – Jacksonian Democrat slogan in the 1820s * Don't just hope for a better life. Vote for it. – slogan used by
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
. * Don't let him take Britain back to the 1980s – 2010 Labour poster attacking Conservative leader,
David Cameron David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
. * Don't Mess with Texas – slogan that began as anti-littering campaign; later adopted for political and other purposes * There is no Stop, Keep Going On! – The general electoral slogan of the Justice and Development Party in the Turkish general elections of 2007. It is still used by the supporters. * ''Dios en el cielo, Trujillo en la Tierra'' - (God on Heaven, Trujillo on Earth) slogan utilised by the regime of Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic. * Drill, baby, drill – slogan used by the U.S. Republican Party to call for increasing domestic oil and gas production


E

* Each for all and all for each –
Tariff Reform League The Tariff Reform League (TRL) was a protectionist British pressure group formed in 1903 to protest against what they considered to be unfair foreign imports and to advocate Imperial Preference to protect British industry from foreign competition ...
, a
protectionist Protectionism, sometimes referred to as trade protectionism, is the economic policy of restricting imports from other countries through methods such as tariffs on imported goods, import quotas, and a variety of other government regulations. ...
British British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
pressure group Advocacy groups, also known as interest groups, special interest groups, lobbying groups or pressure groups use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and ultimately policy. They play an important role in the develop ...
, in protest of what they considered to be unfair foreign
imports An import is the receiving country in an export from the sending country. Importation and exportation are the defining financial transactions of international trade. In international trade, the importation and exportation of goods are limited ...
and to advocate
Imperial Preference Imperial Preference was a system of mutual tariff reduction enacted throughout the British Empire following the Ottawa Conference of 1932. As Commonwealth Preference, the proposal was later revived in regard to the members of the Commonwealth of ...
to protect British industry from foreign competition. 1905. * Eat the Rich – A leftist slogan originally traced back to
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolu ...
, who is reputed to have said, "When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will ''eat the rich''." * ''Ein
Volk The German noun ''Volk'' () translates to people, both uncountable in the sense of ''people'' as in a crowd, and countable (plural ''Völker'') in the sense of '' a people'' as in an ethnic group or nation (compare the English term '' folk ...
, ein
Reich ''Reich'' (; ) is a German noun whose meaning is analogous to the meaning of the English word "realm"; this is not to be confused with the German adjective "reich" which means "rich". The terms ' (literally the "realm of an emperor") and ' (lit ...
, ein
Führer ( ; , spelled or ''Fuhrer'' when the umlaut is not available) is a German word meaning "leader" or " guide". As a political title, it is strongly associated with the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Nazi Germany cultivated the ("leader princip ...
'' ("One people, one empire, one leader") –
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
. * Empower your Future – Slogan used by the
Workers' Party of Singapore The Workers' Party (abbreviation: WP) is a major centre-left political party in Singapore and is one of the three contemporary political parties represented in Parliament, alongside the governing People's Action Party (PAP) and opposition Progr ...
in the 2015 general election * ''Ena-Ena-Tessera'' (ένα-ένα-τέσσερα ) – Greek slogan from the late 1960s to early 1970s. Means One-One-Four, the number of the constitution that says the king may not interfere with the workings of government. * England Will Fight to the Last American – Slogan of the
America First Committee The America First Committee (AFC) was the foremost United States isolationist pressure group against American entry into World War II. Launched in September 1940, it surpassed 800,000 members in 450 chapters at its peak. The AFC principally supp ...
, against providing aid to Britain during
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
Baily, Thomas A.; & Kennedy, David M. (1994). The American Pageant (10th ed.). D.C. Heath and Company. . * '' Éirinn go Brách'' (Ireland Forever) – used to express allegiance to
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...
or Irish pride; anglicised "Erin go Bragh" * Every Man a King – 1934 Introduced in February 1934, during a radio broadcast, this was the wealth and
income redistribution Redistribution of income and wealth is the transfer of income and wealth (including physical property) from some individuals to others through a social mechanism such as taxation, welfare, public services, land reform, monetary policies, confis ...
ist platform slogan (and later a song and a book) for
Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
Huey Long Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893September 10, 1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination ...
; it was part of a broader program that had the slogan, "
Share Our Wealth Share Our Wealth was a movement that began in February 1934, during the Great Depression, by Huey Long, a governor and later United States Senator from Louisiana. Long first proposed the plan in a national radio address, which is now referred to ...
". * Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice, moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue – Used by
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
's campaign in the 1964 presidential election after his acceptance speech at the
1964 Republican National Convention The 1964 Republican National Convention took place in the Cow Palace, Daly City, California, from July 13 to July 16, 1964. Before 1964, there had been only one national Republican convention on the West Coast, the 1956 Republican National Convent ...
.


F

* '' #FeesMustFall'' – slogan used during the 2015 national student protests calling for the abolition of fees in
public universities in South Africa In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichke ...
. * ''
Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil (, ; meaning 'Soldiers of Destiny' or 'Warriors of Fál'), officially Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party ( ga, audio=ga-Fianna Fáil.ogg, Fianna Fáil – An Páirtí Poblachtánach), is a conservative and Christia ...
'' (Now... The Next Steps) – slogan used during
2007 Irish General Election The 2007 Irish general election took place on Thursday, 24 May after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 30 April, at the request of the Taoiseach. The general election took place in 43 parliamentary constituencies throughou ...
* Fifty-Four Forty or Fight –
Oregon boundary dispute The Oregon boundary dispute or the Oregon Question was a 19th-century territorial dispute over the political division of the Pacific Northwest of North America between several nations that had competing territorial and commercial aspirations in ...
, 1846, Democrats claim all of
Oregon Country Oregon Country was a large region of the Pacific Northwest of North America that was subject to a long dispute between the United Kingdom and the United States in the early 19th century. The area, which had been created by the Treaty of 1818, co ...
for the United States * For the many, not the few –
Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (; born 26 May 1949) is a British politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020. On the political left of the Labour Party, Corbyn describes himself as a socialis ...
's famous slogan for the
Labour Party (UK) The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all ...
in the UK 2017 * Forward –
Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II ( ; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Obama was the first Af ...
, 2012 re-election campaign. * Four new inventions – Chinese media, the year 2017 *
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" (german: Jeder nach seinen Fähigkeiten, jedem nach seinen Bedürfnissen) is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 '' Critique of the Gotha Programme''. The principle ref ...
(''от каждого по способностям, каждому по потребностям'')- Marxist slogan * Fuck War! (Хуй войне!) – anti-
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phrase made famous by Russian group t.A.T.u. * ''Führer befiehl, wir folgen dir!'' (Führer command, we'll follow you!), from the song ""


G

* ''Ganyang Malaysia'' (Crush
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...
) Indonesian anti-Malaysian slogan used by
Sukarno Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of ...
in his speech against Malaysia during Konfrontasi in 1963. * '' Get Brexit Done. Unleash Britain's Potential'' –
Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...
slogan for the
2019 UK General Election The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote ...
* Give me liberty, or give me death! – slogan coined by
Patrick Henry Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician and orator known for declaring to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): " Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first a ...
prior to the
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...
, various versions and translations have been used around the world * Glory to Ukraine! Glory to Heroes! (''Слава Україні! Героям слава!'') – slogan of Ukrainian nationalists originating from the
Ukrainian War of Independence The Ukrainian War of Independence was a series of conflicts involving many adversaries that lasted from 1917 to 1921 and resulted in the establishment and development of a Ukrainian republic, most of which was later absorbed into the Soviet U ...
. * God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve – Anti-gay slogan used by Christians who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds, originating with the
televangelist Televangelism ( tele- "distance" and "evangelism," meaning " ministry," sometimes called teleministry) is the use of media, specifically radio and television, to communicate Christianity. Televangelists are ministers, whether official or self-pr ...
and Moral Majority leader
Jerry Falwell Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American Baptist pastor, televangelism, televangelist, and conservatism in the United States, conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, ...
. * Got Guv? – A play on the "got milk" campaign; used by dairy owner
Jim Oberweis James D. Oberweis (born June 10, 1946) is an American businessman, investment manager, and politician from the state of Illinois. The owner of Oberweis Dairy in North Aurora near Chicago, he served as a member of the Illinois Senate, represen ...
in 2006 during his campaign for Governor of Illinois. * Go For Growth – Australian Liberal 2007 campaign slogan used by
John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the ...
. The slogan refers to the period of economic growth under his leadership. * Go Imran Go – a slogan used by
Pakistan Muslim League (N) The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) ( ur, , translit=Pākistān Muslim Līg (Nūn) PML(N) or PML-N) is a Centre-right politics, centre-right and Liberal conservatism, liberal conservative political party in Pakistan. Alongside the Pakistan Teh ...
supporters against the
Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confiden ...
* Go Nawaz GoInqilab MarchAzaadi March slogan used by
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
and Pakistan Awami Tehrik supporters, during the political movement against the
Nawaz Sharif Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Urdu, Punjabi: ; born 25 December 1949) is a Pakistani businessman and politician who has served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan for three non-consecutive terms. He is the longest-serving prime minister of Pak ...
government in Pakistan.


H

* '' Hakkō ichiu'' (All The World Under One Roof) – Japanese political slogan in the
Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific T ...
to
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. * Had enough? – This was the 1946 slogan for Congressional elections for the out-of-power
Republican Party Republican Party is a name used by many political parties around the world, though the term most commonly refers to the United States' Republican Party. Republican Party may also refer to: Africa * Republican Party (Liberia) *Republican Party ...
; noting that they had been out of power in Congress since 1930, this slogan asked voters if they had "had enough" of the Democrats. * Hands Off Russia – slogan created by
British socialists British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, ...
protesting the
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War or Allied Powers intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions which began in 1918. The Allies first had the goal of helping the Czechoslovak Leg ...
. * ''¡Hasta la victoria siempre!'' (Until Victory, Forever!) –
Marxist Marxism is a left-wing to far-left method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to understand class relations and social conflict and a dialecti ...
revolutionary
Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...
's famous slogan, and how he would end his letters. * He killed my ma, he killed my pa, but I will vote for him – Charles Taylor's 1997 election slogan. Taylor threatened to restart the Liberian Civil War if he wasn't elected. * ''
Heim ins Reich The ''Heim ins Reich'' (; meaning "back home to the Reich") was a foreign policy pursued by Adolf Hitler before and during World War II, beginning in 1938. The aim of Hitler's initiative was to convince all ''Volksdeutsche'' (ethnic Germans) w ...
'' (Back home into the Reich), describing the Adolf Hitler's initiative to include all areas with
ethnic Germans , native_name_lang = de , region1 = , pop1 = 72,650,269 , region2 = , pop2 = 534,000 , region3 = , pop3 = 157,000 3,322,405 , region4 = , pop4 = ...
into the
German Reich German ''Reich'' (lit. German Realm, German Empire, from german: Deutsches Reich, ) was the constitutional name for the German nation state that existed from 1871 to 1945. The ''Reich'' became understood as deriving its authority and sovereignty ...
(
Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
,
Sudetenland The Sudetenland ( , ; Czech and sk, Sudety) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans. These German speakers had predominated in the ...
, Danzig, etc.) that led to
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. * He's Good Enough for Me – Balfour's Conservative poster,
1906 general election The following elections occurred in the year 1906. Asia * 1906 Persian legislative election Europe * 1906 Belgian general election * 1906 Croatian parliamentary election * Denmark ** 1906 Danish Folketing election ** 1906 Danish Landsting electi ...
. * "He is finished" ('' Gotov je''), key symbol for the overthrow of
Slobodan Milošević Slobodan Milošević (, ; 20 August 1941 – 11 March 2006) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who was the president of Serbia within Yugoslavia from 1989 to 1997 (originally the Socialist Republic of Serbia, a constituent republic of ...
on October 5, 2000. * Hey, Hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today? – Anti-
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
and anti-
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
slogan from the 1960s. Other variations included, "How many boys did you kill today?" * Hum Do Humare Do is an Indian Political Slogan given by
Rahul Gandhi Rahul Gandhi ( ; born 19 June 1970) is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian Parliament, representing the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala in the 17th Lok Sabha. A member of the Indian National Congress, he served as the president o ...
leader of
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ...
on 11 February 2021 in his Budget speech in
Indian Parliament The Parliament of India (IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of t ...
. Mr. Gandhi believes that Prime Minister
Narendra Modi Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
and Home Minister
Amit Shah Amit Anil Chandra Shah (born 22 October 1964) is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Affairs since 2019 and the first Minister of Co-operation of India since 2021. He served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata P ...
are unduly handing over India's wealth to their corporate friends, mainly two businessmen known as Adani and Ambani. This slogan was coined by Mr. Gandhi when India is witnessing the world's largest protests by Indian farmers against the corporatization of agriculture!


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* I agree with Nick – Unofficial
Liberal Democrat Several political parties from around the world have been called the Liberal Democratic Party or Liberal Democrats. These parties usually follow a liberal democratic ideology. Active parties Former parties See also *Liberal democracy *Lib ...
slogan for the
2010 United Kingdom general election The 2010 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 May 2010, with 45,597,461 registered voters entitled to vote to elect members to the House of Commons. The election took place in 650 constituencies across the United Kingdom und ...
, parodying
Gordon Brown James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Tony ...
's performance in the televised debates where he often ended up espousing the same views as Lib Dem leader,
Nick Clegg Sir Nicholas William Peter Clegg (born 7 January 1967) is a British media executive and former Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who has been president for global affairs at Meta Platforms since 2022, having previously been vicep ...
. *
I like Ike "Ike for President", sometimes referred to as "We'll Take Ike" or "I Like Ike", was a political television advertisement for Dwight D. Eisenhower presidential campaign of 1952. The minute-long animated advertisement was conceived by Jacquel ...
– the slogan for the
Draft Eisenhower movement The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement that eventually persuaded Dwight D. Eisenhower, former Chief of Staff of the United States Army, to contest the presidency of the United States. During the 1948 presidential ...
, the only successful
political draft In elections in the United States, political drafts are used to encourage or pressure a certain person to enter a political race, by demonstrating a significant groundswell of support for the candidate. History 20th century Movements to draft ...
of the 20th century. It persuaded former General Dwight D. Eisenhower to run for
President of the United States The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the Federal government of the United States#Executive branch, executive branch of the Federal gove ...
in 1952. * I'm with Nicola – Used by the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from th ...
(SNP) during the
2015 UK general election The 2015 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 7 May 2015 to elect 650 members to the House of Commons. It was the first and only general election held at the end of a Parliament under the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. Local ...
* In your heart, you know he's right – Used by the
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
presidential campaign ** In your guts you know he's nuts – Used by people who were against
Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater (January 2, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was an American politician and United States Air Force officer who was a five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party nominee for president ...
during his presidential campaign * ''Inggris kita linggis, Amerika kita setrika'' (
Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
we'll crowbar,
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...
we'll iron), Indonesian collaborationist slogan used by
Sukarno Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of ...
during the Japanese occupation, which was also used later during the Konfrontasi and Indonesian withdrawal from the United Nations *
Inquilab Zindabad Inquilab Zindabad ( ur, ; hi, इंक़लाब ज़िन्दाबाद) is a Hindustani phrase, which translates to "Long live the revolution". It is a slogan used by revolutionary Indians before independence. History This slogan ...
– A Hindustani phrase, which translates to " Long live the revolution". Used by
communist parties A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of '' The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
in
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
and
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. * If you want a nigger for a neighbour, vote Liberal or Labour – Slogan for the successful candidacy of
Peter Griffiths Peter Harry Steve Griffiths (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2013) was a British Conservative politician best known for gaining the Smethwick seat by defeating the Shadow Foreign Secretary Patrick Gordon Walker in the 1964 general election, agai ...
for
Smethwick Smethwick () is an industrial town in Sandwell, West Midlands, England. It lies west of Birmingham city centre. Historically it was in Staffordshire. In 2019, the ward of Smethwick had an estimated population of 15,246, while the wider b ...
in the 1964 general election. *
It's Scotland's oil "It's Scotland's oil" was a widely publicised political slogan used by the Scottish National Party (SNP) during the 1970s in making their economic case for Scottish independence. It was argued that the discovery of North Sea oil off the coast of ...
– Used by the
Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from th ...
(SNP) during the 1970s in making their economic case for
Scottish independence Scottish independence ( gd, Neo-eisimeileachd na h-Alba; sco, Scots unthirldom) is the idea of Scotland as a sovereign state, independent from the United Kingdom, and refers to the political movement that is campaigning to bring it about. ...
* It's Time – Used by the
Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...
in
1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...
; they had been out of government since 1949. * ''It's Time for Real Change'' – Labour Party slogan for the
2019 UK General Election The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote ...
* ''
Il Duce ( , ) is an Italian title, derived from the Latin word 'leader', and a cognate of ''duke''. National Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini was identified by Fascists as ('The Leader') of the movement since the birth of the in 1919. In 192 ...
ha sempre ragione!'' – Slogan used in Fascist Italian propaganda, translates to "The Duce nowiki/>Benito_Mussolini.html" ;"title="Benito_Mussolini.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Benito Mussolini">nowiki/>Benito Mussolini">Benito_Mussolini.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Benito Mussolini">nowiki/>Benito Mussoliniis always right!"


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* ''Jai Bhim'' – A Hindustani phrase translating to "Hail Bhim" or "Victory to Bhim" referring to B. R. Ambedkar. It is a slogan, greeting, or salute word used by Indians especially Ambedkarites. * ''
Jai Jawan Jai Kisan ' Jai Jawan Jai Kisan (" en, Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer") was a slogan of Lal Bahadur Shastri,the second Prime Minister of India spoken in 1965 at a public gathering Uruwa, Prayagraj. Soon after Shastri took over the prime ministership o ...
'' – Used by the
Prime Minister of India The prime minister of India (IAST: ) is the head of government of the Republic of India. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers, despite the president of India being the nominal head of the ...
Lal Bahadur Shashtri Lal Bahadur Shastri (; 2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963. He promoted the White Rev ...
in 1965; It means hail the soldier and hail the farmer. * '' Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jay Vigyan'' – Used by the former Prime Minister of India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the 10th prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months fr ...
in 2001; It means hail the soldier, hail the farmer and hail the science. * ''
Jedem das Seine "'" () is the literal German translation of the Latin phrase '' suum cuique'', meaning "to each his own" or "to each what he deserves". During World War II the phrase was cynically used by the Nazis as a motto displayed over the entrance of Buch ...
'' – Literally, the slogan means "to each his own" and was the German translation of
Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...
's motto which read in Latin: " suum cuique". The meaning at that time was "justice for everyone". Used 1937–45 by
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
over the main gate at
Buchenwald concentration camp Buchenwald (; literally 'beech forest') was a Nazi concentration camp established on hill near Weimar, Germany, in July 1937. It was one of the first and the largest of the concentration camps within Germany's 1937 borders. Many actual or su ...
it figuratively meant "everyone gets what he deserves". The slogan was already used in ancient Roman times by
Cicero Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, and academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises that led to the esta ...
and Cato. * ''
Je suis Charlie "'" (, ) is a slogan and logo created by French art director Joachim Roncin and adopted by supporters of freedom of speech and freedom of the press after the 7 January 2015 shooting in which twelve people were killed at the offices of the Fr ...
'' – slogan born of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo killings, used by those expressing outrage or support for the victims, as well as the
free speech movement The Free Speech Movement (FSM) was a massive, long-lasting student protest which took place during the 1964–65 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley. The Movement was informally under the central leadership of Be ...
* ''
Joy Bangla Joy Bangla ( bn, জয় বাংলা) is a slogan and war cry used in Bangladesh and India's West Bengal, Tripura, Barak Valley and Manbhum District to indicate nationalism towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of Beng ...
'' – Slogan used by the people in the
Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...
in 1971.


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* Keep the Bastards Honest – slogan used by the
Australian Democrats The Australian Democrats is a centrist political party in Australia. Founded in 1977 from a merger of the Australia Party and the New Liberal Movement, both of which were descended from Liberal Party dissenting splinter groups, it was Austral ...
since the
1980 Australian federal election The 1980 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 October 1980. All 125 seats in the House of Representatives and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal–NCP coalition government, led by Prim ...
. * Khela Hobe – slogan used in
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mo ...
and
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, the List of countries and dependencies by population, second-most populous ...
. * "
Kosovo is Serbia "Kosovo is Serbia" ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Косово је Србија, Kosovo je Srbija) is a slogan that has been used in Serbia since the 1980s, later popularised as a reaction to Kosovo's 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia. History The ...
" ('' Kosovo je Srbija''), slogan used by protesters as a reaction to
Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a international recognition of Kosovo, partiall ...
's
unilateral declaration of independence A unilateral declaration of independence (UDI) is a formal process leading to the establishment of a new state by a subnational entity which declares itself independent and sovereign without a formal agreement with the state which it is secedin ...
.


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*
Labour Isn't Working "Labour Isn't Working" was an advertising campaign in the United Kingdom. It was run by the Conservative Party in 1978 in anticipation that Labour Party Prime Minister James Callaghan would call a general election. It was revived for the gene ...
– 1978 Conservative Party poster devised by
Saatchi and Saatchi Saatchi & Saatchi is a British multinational communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London. The parent company of the agency gr ...
. The poster showed a long queue outside an ' unemployment office' commenting on the high levels of unemployment. The campaign was a success with the Conservatives winning the election and
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
becoming Prime Minister. * ''La vida por Perón'' - (Our life for Perón) peronist slogan, mostly utilised by protesters and guerrilla organisations during the Argentine Revolution (1966-1973), when
Juan Domingo Perón ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...
was exiled and barred from entering the country. The phrase was immortalised by peronist and "K" groups. * Lal Salam – A Hindustani phrase translating to " Red Salute". It is a salute, greeting, or code word used by
communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...
s in
Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographical region in Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geopolitically, it includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, In ...
. * Last Best West – slogan of
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...
encouraging immigration to the
Prairie Provinces The Canadian Prairies (usually referred to as simply the Prairies in Canada) is a region in Western Canada. It includes the Canadian portion of the Great Plains and the Prairie Provinces, namely Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. These provin ...
. * LBJ for the USA – used by the
Lyndon Baines Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
presidential campaign *
Let's Go Brandon "Let's Go Brandon" is a political slogan and Internet meme used as a substitute for the phrase "Fuck Joe Biden" in reference to Joe Biden, the 46th and current president of the United States. Chants of "Fuck Joe Biden" began during sporting ...
- a slogan used by the Republican party who support Donald Trump towards Joe Biden. * Let's Keep Moving –
New Zealand Labour Party The New Zealand Labour Party ( mi, Rōpū Reipa o Aotearoa), or simply Labour (), is a centre-left political party in New Zealand. The party's platform programme describes its founding principle as democratic socialism, while observers desc ...
* ''Le Québec aux Québécois'' – (Quebec for the Québécois) Separatist chant. 1970s+ * '' Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité'' (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity) – the national
motto A motto (derived from the Latin , 'mutter', by way of Italian , 'word' or 'sentence') is a sentence or phrase expressing a belief or purpose, or the general motivation or intention of an individual, family, social group, or organisation. M ...
of
France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, with its origins in the
French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are conside ...
. * Lips That Touch Liquor Must Never Touch Mine – slogan of the
Anti-Saloon League The Anti-Saloon League (now known as the ''American Council on Addiction and Alcohol Problems'') is an organization of the temperance movement that lobbied for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. Founded in 1893 in Ober ...
of the U.S.
temperance movement The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or complete abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and its leaders emph ...
from a poem from George W. Young, supposedly written c. 1870 *
Liberation before education Liberation before education was a slogan of some activists in South Africa from 1976 in rejecting the education offered black children in Apartheid-era South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Souther ...
– slogan in opposition to the segregated Bantu education system in
South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring coun ...
under
apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...
. * Lock Her Up - a phrase used by the Republican party who support Donald Trump towards
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States sen ...
.


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* '' Mujhy keu nikala'' – why you ousted me out, famous slogan of Nawaz Sharif when he was ousted out of office of prime minister 3rd time. * ''
Ma Mati Manush ''Ma Mati Manush'' ( bn, মা মাটি মানুষ, ) is a Bengali language, Bengali political slogan, coined by All India Trinamool Congress chief and current Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee. The term is translated as " ...
'' – popular political slogan coined by
Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Having served many times as a ...
,
Chief Minister of West Bengal The Chief Minister of West Bengal is the representative of the Government of India in the state of West Bengal and the head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal. The chief minister is head of the Council of Ministers and ap ...
, who represented
All India Trinamool Congress The All India Trinamool Congress (English: All India Grassroots Congress; AITC), colloquially the Trinamool Congress ( TMC) is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in West Bengal. The party is led by Mamata Banerjee, the cur ...
* Maggie, Maggie, Maggie – Out, Out, Out – Popular chant used at rallies and marched opposing the government of
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
. *
Make America Great Again "Make America Great Again" or MAGA is an American political slogan popularized by Donald Trump in his successful 2016 presidential campaign. The slogan became a pop culture phenomenon, seeing widespread use and spawning numerous variants ...
– Slogan used by various conservative political candidates in the United States since 1980, most notably
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
and
Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
. * MATH – Make America Think Harder – Slogan used by
Andrew Yang Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American businessman, attorney, lobbyist, and politician. Yang was a candidate in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries and the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary. He is the co-c ...
. *
Make love, not war "Make love, not war" is an anti-war slogan commonly associated with the American counterculture of the 1960s. It was used primarily by those who were opposed to the Vietnam War, but has been invoked in other anti-war contexts since, around the ...
– anti-war slogan began during the War in Vietnam * ''Me ne frego!'' – Slogan used by the
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in ...
's
blackshirts The Voluntary Militia for National Security ( it, Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale, MVSN), commonly called the Blackshirts ( it, Camicie Nere, CCNN, singular: ) or (singular: ), was originally the paramilitary wing of the Nation ...
, literally "I don't give a damn". * '' Meine Ehre heißt Treue'' – motto of the ''
Schutzstaffel The ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS; also stylized as ''ᛋᛋ'' with Armanen runes; ; "Protection Squadron") was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe ...
'' in
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
, meaning "My honor is called loyalty." Banned in modern
Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
along with other Nazi slogans under ''Strafgesetzbuch'' section 86a. * ''Merkel muss weg!'' ("Merkel must go!") – Slogan commonly used by the
Islamophobic Islamophobia is the fear of, hatred of, or prejudice against the religion of Islam or Muslims in general, especially when seen as a geopolitical force or a source of terrorism. The scope and precise definition of the term ''Islamophobia'' ...
right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that view certain social orders and Social stratification, hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this pos ...
PEGIDA movement in (mostly former East) Germany. * More to do but we're heading in the right direction – Slogan of the
NSW Labor The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elect ...
government of 2007. They were returned to office, but defeated in a landslide in 2011. * Moving New Hampshire Forward – Slogan used by
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in her 2012 NH gubernatorial campaign.


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* ''
Naya Pakistan The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
'' – Slogan used by
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
in its 2013 election campaign. * Never had it so good – 1957 campaign under
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's leadership of the Conservative Party. * Never been had so good – 1957 campaign slogan of the British Labour Party (in response to the Tory slogan). * Never Forget – Commemorative slogan used in the United States in reference to the
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* New Labour, New Danger – Slogan on
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with glowing red eyes. The campaign backfired as the poster was criticized for implying that Blair, a stated Christian, was demonic and then the Conservative Party's failure to state who had authorized the poster. * New Nationalism – campaign slogan of
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's 1912 presidential campaign and the
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. Derived from
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's pamphlet ''
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'' and adopted by Roosevelt after an August 1910 speech in Osawatomie,
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. * The New Freedom – campaign slogan of
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's 1912 presidential campaign * ''Ni dieu, Ni maitre'' (No God, No Master) – A French anti-religious saying. * ''¡No pasarán! ¡Pasaremos!'' (
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! But we will!) – Slogan of
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in
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in reference to the
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. * Touch one, touch all – Australian unionist slogan meaning harming one worker, harms all workers. * No Surrender! – Pro Northern Irish
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slogan referring to the
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* No return to the status quo – used by former Sinn Féin Deputy First Minister (DFM) of Northern Ireland
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when he resigned as DFM during the
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. His resignation triggered the
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and the party has used this as their slogan since. *
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– slogan first used during the
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* Nothing About Us Without Us! is a slogan used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group(s) affected by that policy. * Not Me. Us. – Slogan used by American Democratic Party Presidential Nomination contender
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in the
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and the
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. * No War but Class War – Used by diverse
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groups as a means of underlining the priority of class struggle above other political aims – and as a general anti-militarist slogan.


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* On Your Side – Slogan of the
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for its
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campaign. *
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– slogan used worldwide for
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, most famously in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa. * One settler, one bullet. – rallying cry of the
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during the armed struggle against apartheid. * One people under one God saluting one flag – slogan used during and after 2016 U.S. presidential campaign, particularly by the
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. * Not a step back! (Ни шагу назад!) – The motto representing
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's Order No. 227 issued on July 28, 1942. It is famous for its line "''Not a step back!''", that became a slogan of Soviet antifascist resistance.


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* '' Pakistan khappay'' (God bless Pakistan) * Patriotism, protection, and prosperity – slogan of the Republican Party and
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's campaign in the 1896 presidential election in support of the
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and
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. * ''Patriarchy Must Fall'' – slogan used during the 2015 national student protests calling for the abolition of fees in
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and against gender based violence in South African universities. * '' Patria o Muerte'' (Homeland or Death) – A 1960 slogan of
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used for the first time at a memorial service for the La Coubre explosion. As a result, it became a motto of the
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. * ''
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'' (Homeland and Life) – A slogan and song associated with the 2021 Cuban protests. It is an inversion of the
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motto Patria o Muerte (Homeland or Death). The slogan was popularized by a
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song released in February 2021 by Yotuel, Descemer Bueno, Gente de Zona, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Maykel Osorbo and DJ El Funky. It originates with the San Isidro Movement. * ''Juan Peron, Perón o muerte'' – (Perón or death) Peronist slogan used in Argentina. * Peace with Honor – phrase originally used by
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and William Shakespeare. Originated as a political slogan by Edmund Burke in favor of a conciliatory policy towards the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolution. British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and the
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revived the slogan after the Congress of Berlin. It was famously repeated by Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain after concluding the Munich Agreement with
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before
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, which was criticized by Chamberlain's opponents including Winston Churchill. President Richard Nixon evoked the concept in reference to the Paris Peace Accords ending U.S. involvement in the
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. * Peace without surrender – slogan of Anti-communism, anti-communists in the
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during the Cold War in the 1950s and the 1960s, most famously Richard Nixon's campaign in the 1960 United States presidential election, 1960 presidential election. * Piss On Pity is a rallying cry for those in the disability-inclusive circles of world politics. * Power to the people (slogan), Power to the people – A frequent anti-establishment slogan used in a variety of contexts by different political groups around the world such as Libertarianism, libertarians, socialists and Democracy, pro-democracy movements. * Workers of the world, unite!, Proletariat of the world, unite! (Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!) – A Soviet
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slogan coined by Karl Marx from ''The Communist Manifesto''. * Promises Kept – Slogan used by Thomas P. Gordon in 2012 race for New Castle County, Delaware, New Castle County Executive. * Putin Must Go – Slogan of opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin since 2010.


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* Rooti, kapra aur makan – Pakistan peoples party slogan. * Rally Around O'Malley – Campaign slogan used during Patrick O'Malley (American politician), Patrick O'Malley's 2002 Illinois gubernatorial election, 2002 Illinois gubernatorial campaign. * Read my lips: no new taxes – Used by George H. W. Bush. * Return integrity to the White House – Used by the Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter's 1976 presidential campaign in conduct to the Republican Party and President Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal. * Remember Attack on Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor! – A slogan, a song, an invitation to encourage American patriotism and sacrifice during
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. * Remember the Battle of the Alamo, Alamo! – Battle cry at the Battle of San Jacinto. * Remember the USS Maine (ACR-1), Maine! – The rallying cry during the Spanish–American War. * Revolution is not a dinner party – A phrase by Mao Zedong, extracted from his full statement that "''Revolution is not a dinner party'', nor an essay, nor a painting, nor a piece of embroidery; it cannot be advanced softly, gradually, carefully, considerately, respectfully, politely, plainly, and modestly. A revolution is an insurrection, an act of violence by which one class overthrows another." * Ro Imran Ro – A slogan used by
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supporters during
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
sit-in in Islamabad. * Remember Remember the Fifth of November – a phrase from popular English poem that refers to Guy Fawkes Night. * Rhodes Must Fall – slogan used during the early 2015 students protests in South Africa. It was directed against the now removed statue at the
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(UCT) that commemorated
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. The campaign led to a wider movement to Decolonization of higher education in South Africa, decolonise education across South Africa.


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* Safe and Strong – Australian Labor Party (Western Australian Branch), WA Labor's campaign slogan during the 2021 Western Australian state election. * Safety First – Conservative Party (UK), Conservative election poster during the 1929 United Kingdom general election. * Save the Bay – Chesapeake Bay Foundation slogan to save the Chesapeake Bay. Also the name, and main slogan, for Save The Bay, a San Francisco Bay environmental organization * ''Să trăiți bine!'' ("May you live well!") – one of the slogans used by president Traian Băsescu in the 2004 Romanian general election, 2004 presidential campaign. After he had been elected, Romanians' standard of living did not perceivably improve, and his former slogan became probably the most famous example of empty political campaign promises, used both by Mr. Băsescu's political opponents and by disgruntled citizens as a cynical way of expressing critique and discontent towards his presidency. In 2014, Băsescu mentioned that this electoral slogan was meant as wishing well to the Romanians, not as a promise, and that he was misunderstood, although this very tagline was used in a 2004 electoral poster along various political promises. * Send Her Back - a slogan used by the Republican party who support Donald Trump towards Ilhan Omar. * Serve the People (全心全意为人民服务) – a political slogan of Mao Zedong. The slogan later became popular among the New Left, Red Guard Party, and Black Panther Party; due to their strong Maoist influences. * Simon Go Back – Against the Simon Commission: The Indian Statutory Commission was a group of seven Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), British Members of Parliament that had been dispatched to British Raj, India in 1927 to study constitutional reform in that colony. It was commonly referred to as the Simon Commission after its chairman, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, Sir John Simon. Ironically, one of its members was Clement Attlee, who subsequently became the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British Prime Minister who would oversee the granting of independence to India and Pakistan in 1947. * Sí se puede. Spanish for “Yes, we can.” The United Farm Workers motto. * ''Siganme, no los voy a defraudar!'' - (Follow me, I will not disappoint you!) Slogan used by peronist president of Argentina Carlos Saul Menem early into his first term. * Sinn Féin (slogan), Sinn Féin – Irish language, Irish Gaelic motto for the Irish Home Rule movement beginning in the 19th century, translates to "We ourselves." Inspired Sinn Féin, political party of the same name in Northern Ireland. * ''Sous les pavés, la plage!'' ("Under the cobblestones, the beach!") Notable slogan of the May 1968 events in France, May '68 demonstrations in
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. * Stanley Baldwin the Man You Can Trust! – 1929 election poster * Stay the course – Popularized by
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while campaigning for Republicans during the 1982 United States elections, 1982 mid-term elections and later picked up by his Vice President George H. W. Bush, George H.W. Bush. * Slavery is a social, moral, and political wrong – Used by Abraham Lincoln and the
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during the 1860 United States presidential election, 1860 presidential election. * ''Stop Brexit. Build a Brighter Future'' – Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats' slogan for the
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* Stop the boats – Tony Abbott, during his time as Liberal Party of Australia, Leader of the Liberal Party * Strong and stable – Theresa May * Suit-Boot Ki Sarkar (approximately translated as "a government of capitalists", ie "those dressed in suits and boots") – an Indian political slogan introduced by
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on 23 April 2015. He had accused Indian Prime Minister
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of favoring his rich corporate friends.Secure the Future Erin O'Tooles 2021election slogan in Canada


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* ''Tabdeeli aa nahi rahi – Tabdeeli aa gai hai'' – Slogan used by
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI; ur, , ) is a political party in Pakistan. It was founded in 1996 by Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, who served as the country's prime minister from 2018 to 2022. The PTI is one of the thre ...
during their 2013 election campaign; later made a part of the party's anthem * The Buck Stops Here – A phrase first uttered by US president Harry S. Truman in reference to government accountability * The Chinese must go – used by 19th century California labor leader Denis Kearney, known for his Anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States, anti-Chinese stance, who ended every speech with the phrase * The personal is political – Associated with second wave feminism in the 1960s. * The Party Of Lincoln Is Dead – A phrase first used by Racial segregation in the United States, segregationists after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. * The rich get richer and the poor get poorer – Used by Marxism, Marxist-inspired Socialism, socialists to criticize capitalism * The stakes are too high for you to stay home – Used by
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
's 1964 presidential campaign in the Daisy (advertisement), Daisy advertisement. Aired during the Cold War, and meant to imply that Johnson's opponent Barry Goldwater would cause a Nuclear warfare, nuclear war with the Soviet Union if elected. * Tanstafl, There Ain't No Such Thing as a Free Lunch – the first official slogan of the Libertarian Party (United States), Libertarian Party, a phrase popularized by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1966 novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress''. Commonly abbreviated as 'TANSTAFL'. * The whole world is watching – phrase used by Anti-war movement, anti-war demonstrators and others * There is no alternative – a slogan often used by
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. *
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(Spanish: ''¡No Pasaran!'') – used during the Battle of Verdun in World War I by French General Robert Nivelle * Three Word Chant! – Anarchist anti-slogan used in the 1999 Seattle WTO protests to illustrate the Reification (Marxism), reification of the slogan in mass culture. * Think globally, act locally or "Think global, act local" has been used in various contexts, including town planning, environment, and business * ''Tiocfaidh ár lá'' (Our Day Will Come) – slogan for a United Ireland * Tippecanoe and Tyler Too – campaign slogan from the 1840 United States presidential election * ''Tutto nello Stato, niente al di fuori dello Stato, nulla contro lo Stato'' (Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State) – Early 1930s Italian Fascism, Italian Fascist slogan. * Trust Baldwin he will steer you to safety! – 1929 Conservative poster * Tyler and Texas! – John Tyler's slogan for supporting the annexation of Texas.


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* ''Una, Grande y Libre, ¡Una, Grande y Libre!'' – "One, Great and Free!", a Francoist slogan from Spain. It expressed three nationalist concepts; One) indivisible, against regional separatism, Great) in recognition of its imperial past and advocation of future expansion in Africa, Free) not submitted to internationalist foreign influences, which was a reference to what Francoists claimed was a "Judeo-Masonic conspiracy theory, Judeo-Masonic-International Communist conspiracy" against Spain. * Up the proletariat! – loosely attributed to Karl Marx and early Marxist movements. * United we stand America – Slogan of Ross Perot in his Ross Perot 1992 presidential campaign, campaign in the 1992 United States presidential election, 1992 presidential election. Later adopted for the Reform Party of the United States of America, Reform Party.


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* ''wikt:venceremos, Venceremos'' (We will overcome/we shall triumph) – A Spanish phrase associated with the
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and socialism in Latin America and Venceremos (song), unofficial national anthem of Chile during the period leading up to 1973 Chilean coup d'état, the coup. * ''Vivre Libre ou Mourir'' ("Live free or die") –
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slogan * Vote for Change – British Conservative party slogan for the 2010 general election.


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* War on Women – Political slogan used by the Democratic Party in the United States in attacks from 2010 onward. * We are the 99% – a solidarity internet meme commonly associated with the 2011 Occupy Wall Street and associated protests * When the looting starts, the shooting starts – Statement by Walter Headley on the eve of the 1968 Republican National Convention in response to unrest, Re-introduced into the political narrative by
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in response to protests relating to the murder of George Floyd. * White male privilege – catch phrase authored by Peggy McIntosh and used in Women's Studies, labor union and political party identity politics campaigns to attract non- white males and validate sentiments about white men's privilege. Variants include: "unearned white male privilege" and "privileged old white men". * White pride, White Power – slogan and chant of White supremacy, white supremacists * ''Wir schaffen das'' ("We will make it!"; "we can manage this"; "we can do it"; "we can do this") 2015 slogan used by Chancellor Angela Merkel to defend her open border policy during the 2015 European migrant crisis * ''Wir sind das Volk'' (We are the people), motto of the "Monday demonstrations in East Germany, Monday demonstrations" that led to the demise of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and German reunification. * With you, For you, For Singapore – People's Action Party slogan in the 2015 Singaporean general election, 2015 general election, Singapore. * Workers of the world, unite! – one of the most famous rallying cries of the socialism, socialist, communism, communist and labor movements. * What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar – First said by Vice President Thomas R. Marshall in the United States Senate, U.S. Senate * Whip inflation now (WIN) – Initiative by the Presidency of Gerald Ford, administration of President Gerald Ford to combat stagflation during the 1973–1975 recession, recession of the 1970s by voluntary measures as opposed to the Minimum wage in the United States, minimum wage and price controls pursued by his predecessor Richard Nixon, Rockefeller Republican, liberal Republicans, and the Democratic Party. Widely ridiculed by the public and contributed to the Democratic Party's victory in the 1974 United States elections, 1974 congressional elections and the 1976 United States presidential election, 1976 presidential election. Abandoned during the 1976 Republican Party presidential primaries in favor of a program of tax cuts.


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* ''Yes We Can (slogan), Yes We Can –'' Barack Obama, 2008 US presidential campaign''.'' Inspired by the Spanish slogan ''"Si se puede."'' of the United Farm Workers. * ''Ya me ye'' (It's ours) – Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey), Peoples Democratic Party slogan of the electoral campaign for the 2019 Turkish local elections, 2019 Turkish municipal elections. * Cross of Gold speech, You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold. ''–'' Slogan of William Jennings Bryan's William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign, campaign during the 1896 presidential election in opposition to the
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.


Z

* ''Zimbabwean Lives Matter'' a 2020 online protest against the government of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa


See also

* Slogans * List of labor slogans * List of U.K. political slogans * List of U.S. presidential campaign slogans * List of United States political catchphrases


References

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