Slogans A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a clan or a political slogan, political, Advertising slogan, commercial, religious, or other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose, with the goal of persuading members of the pu ...

and

catchphrases A catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. Such phrases often originate in popular culture and in the arts, and typically spread through word of mouth and a variety of mass ...

are used by politicians, political parties, militaries, activists, and protestors to express or encourage particular beliefs or actions.

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International usage

* Better dead than Red

anti-Communist Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when th ...

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 ...

political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by

African Americans African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa ...

Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a Decentralization, decentralized political and social movement that aims to highlight racism, discrimination and Racial inequality in the United States, racial inequality experienced by black people, and to pro ...

decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the

acquittal In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the criminal prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented. It certifies that the accused is free from the charge of an of ...

George Zimmerman George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983) is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in '' F ...

in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, and internationally following 2020

George Floyd protests The George Floyd protests were a series of protests, riots, and demonstrations against police brutality that began in Minneapolis in the United States on May 26, 2020. The protests and civil unrest began in Minneapolis as Reactions to the mu ...

Black power Black power is a list of political slogans, political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. It is primarily, but not exclusively, used in the United States b ...

slogan and a name for various associated ideologies associated with

self-determination Self-determination refers to a people's right to form its own political entity, and internal self-determination is the right to representative government with full suffrage. Self-determination is a cardinal principle in modern international la ...

for

black people Black is a racial classification of people, usually a political and skin color-based category for specific populations with a mid- to dark brown complexion. Not all people considered "black" have dark skin and often additional phenotypical ...

; popularized by

Stokely Carmichael Kwame Ture (; born Stokely Standiford Churchill Carmichael; June 29, 1941November 15, 1998) was an American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trini ...

in the 1960s *

Blood and soil Blood and soil (, ) is a nationalist slogan expressing Nazi Germany's ideal of a racially defined Body national, national body ("Blood") united with a settlement area ("Soil"). By it, rural and farm life forms are idealized as a counterweight t ...

nationalist slogan for Nazi Germany's racial policies; later adopted by

white nationalist White nationalism is a type of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that white people are a Race (human categorization), raceHeidi Beirich and Kevin Hicks. "Chapter 7: White nationalism in America". In Perry, Barbara ...

and

alt-right The alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a Far-right politics, far-right, White nationalism, white nationalist movement. A largely Internet activism, online phenomenon, the alt-right originated in the United States during the late ...

movements in North America *

Bread and roses "Bread and Roses" is a political slogan associated with women's suffrage and the labor movement, as well as an associated poem and song. It originated in a speech given by American women's suffrage activist Helen Todd; a line in that speech ab ...

slogan, poem, and song associated with

suffrage Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

and

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 labour ...

movements *

Eat the rich "Eat the rich" is a political slogan associated with anti-capitalism and left-wing politics, especially including anarchism. The phrase is commonly attributed to political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, from a quote first popularized during t ...

political slogan associated with

anti-capitalism Anti-capitalism is a political ideology and movement encompassing a variety of attitudes and ideas that oppose capitalism. Anti-capitalists seek to combat the worst effects of capitalism and to eventually replace capitalism with an alternati ...

and

left-wing politics Left-wing politics describes the range of Ideology#Political ideologies, political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy either as a whole or of certain social ...

; originally traced to

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Republic of Geneva, Genevan philosopher (''philosophes, philosophe''), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment through ...

, who is reputed to have said, "When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." *

From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" () is a slogan popularised by Karl Marx in his 1875 '' Critique of the Gotha Programme''. The principle refers to free access to and distribution of goods, capital and services. ...

Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...

slogan *

Give me liberty or give me death! "Give me liberty or give me death!" is a quotation attributed to American politician and orator Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia. Henry is credi ...

slogan coined by

Patrick Henry Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 ld Style and New Style dates, O.S. May 18, 1736une 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Virginia Conventions, Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give m ...

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 the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

; various versions and translations have been used around the world * God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steveanti-LGBTQ slogan used by Christians who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds; used by

televangelist Televangelism (from ''televangelist'', a blend of ''television'' and ''evangelist'') and occasionally termed radio evangelism or teleministry, denotes the utilization of media platforms, notably radio and television, for the marketing of relig ...

and

Moral Majority The Moral Majority was an American political organization and movement associated with the Christian right and the Republican Party in the United States. It was founded in 1979 by Baptist minister Jerry Falwell Sr. and associates, and dissolv ...

leader

Jerry Falwell Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservatism in the United States, conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch ...

* (Hindustani for 'Long live the revolution')phrase used by communist parties in India and Pakistan * '' Khela Hobe'' (Bengali for 'The game is on')slogan used in

Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India, 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 by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

* '' Kuknalim'' (Naga for 'Victory to the People and Land' or 'Long Live the Land')slogan used by Nagas * ''

Lal Salam ''Lal Salam'' ( " Red salute") is a salute, greeting, or code word used by communists in South Asia South Asia is the southern Subregion#Asia, subregion of Asia that is defined in both geographical and Ethnicity, ethnic-Culture, cultural ...

'' (Hindustani for 'Red Salute')Hindustani phrase translating to 'Red Salute'; used by

communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

s in the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakista ...

as a salute, greeting, or code word *

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 The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

No gods, no masters Anarchists have employed certain symbols for their cause since the 19th century, including most prominently the circle-A and the black flag. Anarchist cultural symbols have become more prevalent in popular culture since around the turn of the ...

phrase associated with anarchist philosophy and the leftist

labor movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...

Nothing about us without us "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. In its modern form, this ...

Latin slogan (''Nihil de nobis, sine nobis'') that impacted Poland's 1505 constitutional legislation ''

Nihil novi ''Nihil novi nisi commune consensu'' ("Nothing new without the Consent of the governed, common consent") is the original Latin title of a 1505 Statute, act or constitution adopted by the Poland, Polish ''Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland, Sejm'' (par ...

'' and

Hungarian law The law of Hungary is Civil law (legal system), civil law. It was first codified during the socialist period. Constitution The constitution of 2011 replaced that of 1949. Legislation The legislature is the National Assembly (Hungary), Magyar ...

; translated into English in the 1990s for disability rights movements ** Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraineforeign policy principle that became relevant during the

Russian–Ukrainian War The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then ...

, especially after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 *

One man, one vote "One man, one vote" or "one vote, one value" is a slogan used to advocate for the principle of equal representation in voting. This slogan is used by advocates of democracy and political equality, especially with regard to electoral reforms like ...

slogan used worldwide for

universal suffrage Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the " one person, one vote" principle. For many, the term universal suffrage assumes the exclusion ...

, most notably in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa *

Piss On Pity "Piss On Pity" is a rallying cry for those in the disability-inclusive circles of world politics. It has primarily been deployed in protest of charities that fundraise by portraying disabled people as burdensome and helpless. The phrase first a ...

slogan that has primarily been deployed in protest of charities that fundraise by portraying

disabled people Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...

as burdensome and helpless * Power to the peoplean

anti-establishment An anti-establishment view or belief is one which stands in opposition to the conventional social, political, and economic principles of a society. The term was first used in the modern sense in 1958 by the British magazine ''New Statesman'' ...

slogan used in a variety of contexts by different political groups * (Spanish for 'Yes, we can')motto of the

United Farm Workers The United Farm Workers of America, or more commonly just United Farm Workers (UFW), is a labor union for farmworkers in the United States. It originated from the merger of two workers' rights organizations, the National Farm Workers Associatio ...

; used in English and Spanish by the

Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for president of the United States on February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008, ...

* Stop the boatsan anti-immigration slogan used by

Tony Abbott Anthony John Abbott (; born 4 November 1957) is an Australian former politician who served as the 28th prime minister of Australia from 2013 to 2015. He held office as the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and was the member of parli ...

during the

2013 Australian federal election The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday, 7 September 2013. The centre-right Coalition (Australia), Liberal/National Coalition Opposition (Australia), opposition led by ...

, and later during the

premiership of Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak's tenure as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom began on 25 October 2022 when he accepted an invitation from King Charles III to form a government, succeeding Liz Truss, and ended on 5 July 2024 upon his resignation. He is the fir ...

against

English Channel migrant crossings English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Culture, language and peoples * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England * ''English'', an Amish ter ...

to the United Kingdom *

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" is an aphorism attributed to Percy Bysshe Shelley. In '' A Defence of Poetry'' (1821, not published until 1840) Shelley remarked that the promoters of utility had exemplified the saying, "To him th ...

aphorism An aphorism (from Greek ἀφορισμός: ''aphorismos'', denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle. Aphorisms are often handed down by tra ...

attributed to

Percy Bysshe Shelley Percy Bysshe Shelley ( ; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame durin ...

; used frequently to describe

wealth concentration The distribution of wealth is a comparison of the wealth of various members or groups in a society. It shows one aspect of economic inequality or economic heterogeneity. The distribution of wealth differs from the income distribution in that ...

and economic inequality *

No such thing as a free lunch "No such thing as a free lunch" (also written as "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" or "There is no such thing as a free lunch" and sometimes called Crane's law) is a popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get some ...

popular

adage A proverb (from ) or an adage is a simple, traditional saying that expresses a perceived truth based on common sense or experience. Proverbs are often metaphorical and are an example of formulaic speech, formulaic language. A proverbial phrase ...

communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing *

The whole world is watching "The whole world is watching" was a phrase chanted by anti-Vietnam War demonstrators as they were beaten and arrested by police outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The event occurred and ...

phrase used by anti-war demonstrators and others *

They shall not pass "They shall not pass" ( and ; ; ) is a slogan, notably used by France in World War I, to express a determination to defend a position against an enemy. Its Spanish-language form was also used as an anti-fascist slogan during the Spanish Civil War ...

slogan used to express a determination to defend a position against an enemy; most notably used by France in

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

; also used during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

by the Republican faction *

Think globally, act locally "Think globally, act locally" or "Think global, act local" is a phrase that has been used in various contexts, including planning, environment, community empowerment, education, mathematics, business and the church. Definition "Think globally, ac ...

phrase used in various contexts, including

urban planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

White power White pride and white power are expressions primarily used by white separatist, white nationalist, fascist, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist organizations in order to signal racist or racialist viewpoints. It is also a slogan used by the promi ...

slogan and chant of

white supremacists White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White supremacy has roots in the now-discredited doctrine o ...

White Lives Matter White Lives Matter (WLM) is a white supremacist slogan that emerged in 2015 as a reaction to the Black Lives Matter social justice movement that started a few years prior. The phrase has been used by neo-Nazis, Neo-Confederates, and other white ...

slogan and chant of white nationalists *

It's okay to be white "It's okay to be white" (IOTBW) is an alt-right slogan which originated as part of an organized Internet troll, trolling campaign on the website 4chan's discussion board /pol/ in 2017. A /pol/ user described it as a proof of concept that an ot ...

slogan and chant of white nationalists * The

Fourteen Words "The Fourteen Words" (also abbreviated 14 or 1488) is a reference to two slogans originated by the American domestic terrorist David Eden Lane, one of nine founding members of the defunct white supremacist terrorist organization The Order (white ...

(We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children). slogan and chant of white nationalists *

Workers of the world, unite! The political slogan "Workers of the world, unite!" is one of the rallying cries from ''The Communist Manifesto'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (, literally , but soon popularised in English language, English as "Workers of the wo ...

(, literally )

working-class The working class is a subset of employees who are compensated with wage or salary-based contracts, whose exact membership varies from definition to definition. Members of the working class rely primarily upon earnings from wage labour. Most c ...

rallying cry originating from the 1848 ''

Communist Manifesto ''The Communist Manifesto'' (), originally the ''Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (), is a political pamphlet written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, commissioned by the Communist League and originally published in London in 1848. The t ...

'' by

Karl Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

and

Friedrich Engels Friedrich Engels ( ;"Engels"
''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''.Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

Africa

Nigeria

* Febuhari 14pun combining the Yoruba word "fe" (meaning "love") with the surname of 2015 opposition presidential candidate

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

* To keep Nigeria one, is a task that must be donea

Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...

era slogan popularized by the Gowon Administration. Later repurposed by Barack Obama during the 2015 presidential elections.

South Africa

* #FeesMustFallslogan 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 ''Öffentlichkei ...

Liberation before education "Liberation before education" was a slogan of some activists in South Africa from 1976 in rejecting the education offered to black children in Apartheid-era South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the ...

slogan in opposition to the segregated Bantu education system in South Africa under

apartheid Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...

* One settler, one bulletrallying cry of the

Azanian People's Liberation Army The Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA), formerly known as Poqo, was the military wing of the Pan Africanist Congress, an African nationalist movement in South Africa. In the Xhosa language, the word 'Poqo' means 'pure'. After attacks ...

during the armed struggle against apartheid *

Rhodes Must Fall Rhodes Must Fall was a protest Social movement, movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes. The campaign for the statue's removal received glob ...

slogan used during the early 2015 students protests in South Africa; directed against the now-removed statue of

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes ( ; 5 July 185326 March 1902) was an English-South African mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded th ...

at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) (, ) is a public university, public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest univer ...

Zimbabwe

* Zimbabwean Lives Matter2020 online protest against the government of President

Emmerson Mnangagwa Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ( , ; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who has served as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former president Robert Mugabe, he held a series of cabin ...

Americas

Canada

* Last Best Westslogan 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 ...

Cuba

* ' (Spanish for 'Until Victory, Forever!')slogan used by Marxist revolutionary

Che Guevara Ernesto "Che" Guevara (14th May 1928 – 9 October 1967) was an Argentines, Argentine Communist revolution, Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, Guerrilla warfare, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and Military theory, military theorist. A majo ...

* '' Patria o Muerte'' (Spanish for 'Homeland or Death')1960 slogan of

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

used for the first time at a memorial service for the La Coubre explosion; became a motto of the

Cuban Revolution The Cuban Revolution () was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew ...

* '' Patria y Vida'' (Spanish for 'Homeland and Life')slogan and

reggaeton Reggaeton (, ) is a modern style of popular music, popular and electronic music that originated in Panamanian reggaetón, Panama during the late 1980s, and which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puert ...

song originating from the San Isidro Movement and associated with the

2021 Cuban protests A series of protests against the Cuban government and the Communist Party of Cuba began on 11 July 2021, triggered by a shortage of food and medicine and the government's response to the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba. The protests were the ...

; the slogan is an inversion of the Cuban Revolution motto ('Homeland or Death')

United States

* America is Back * Believe womenslogan used to encourage people to believe the testimony of women regarding violence and sexual assault * Build Back Bettername of the economic recovery plan put forward by the

Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign On April 25, 2019, former vice president Joe Biden released a video announcing his candidacy in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries. On November 3, 2020, Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, defeated incumbent Republican p ...

* Build The Wallslogan used by

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45 ...

as a chant to build the border wall between Mexico and United States * Come and take itphrase used in 1778 at

Fort Morris Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States. The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 ...

during the American Revolutionary War and in later

last stands A last stand, or final stand, is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds. Troops may make a last stand due to a sense of duty; because they are d ...

; later used in regard to the

right to keep and bear arms The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms) is a legal right for people to possess weapons (arms) for the preservation of life, liberty, and property. The purpose of gun rights is for Self-defense#Armed, self ...

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 the

George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign The 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush, the then-governor of Texas, was formally launched on June 14, 1999, as Governor Bush, the eldest son of former president George H. W. Bush, announced his intention to seek the Republican Part ...

Defund the police In the United States, "defund the police" is a slogan advocating for reallocating funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety and community support initiatives, such as social services, youth programs, housing, education, ...

slogan calling for the reallocation of funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety *

Don't Mess with Texas "Don't Mess with Texas" is a slogan for a campaign aimed at reducing littering on Texas roadways by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The phrase "Don't Mess with Texas" is prominently shown on road signs on major highways, televisio ...

slogan that began as anti- littering campaign; later adopted for political and other purposes * Drill, baby, drillslogan used by the Republican Party to call for increasing domestic oil and gas production * Every Man a Kingslogan of

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

Governor and United States Senator

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 i ...

as part of the broader

wealth 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, confi ...

program Share Our Wealth; also the title of a 1935 song cowritten by Long and Castro Carazo * Fifty-Four Forty or Fightslogan used during the 19th-century

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 ...

* I like Ikeslogan for the Draft Eisenhower movement, the only successful political draft of the 20th century; the movement persuaded former General

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...

to run for president in 1952 *

Let's Go Brandon "Let's Go Brandon" is a List of political slogans, political slogan and Internet meme used as a euphemism for the phrase "Fuck Joe Biden" in reference to former U.S. President (government title), President Joe Biden. Chants of "Fuck Joe Biden" ...

slogan used as a

euphemism A euphemism ( ) is when an expression that could offend or imply something unpleasant is replaced with one that is agreeable or inoffensive. Some euphemisms are intended to amuse, while others use bland, inoffensive terms for concepts that the u ...

for "Fuck

Joe Biden Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice p ...

" by Republican politicians and those opposed to President Joe Biden *

Make America Great Again "Make America Great Again" (MAGA, ) is an American political slogan most recently popularized by Donald Trump during his successful presidential campaigns in 2016 and in 2024. "MAGA" is also used to refer to Trump's ideology, political bas ...

slogan used by various conservative political candidates in the United States since 1980, most notably

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...

and

* New Nationalismslogan of

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), also known as Teddy or T.R., was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909. Roosevelt previously was involved in New York (state), New York politics, incl ...

's 1912 presidential campaign with the Progressive Party; derived from

Herbert Croly Herbert David Croly (January 23, 1869 – May 17, 1930) was an intellectual leader of the progressive movement as an editor, political philosopher and a co-founder of the magazine ''The New Republic'' in early twentieth-century America. His polit ...

's pamphlet '' The Promise of American Life'' and adopted by Roosevelt after an August 1910 speech in

Osawatomie, Kansas Osawatomie is a city in Miami County, Kansas, Miami County, Kansas, United States, southwest of Kansas City, Kansas, Kansas City. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,255. It derives its name as a ...

The New Freedom The New Freedom was Woodrow Wilson's campaign platform in the 1912 presidential election, and also refers to the progressive programs enacted by Wilson during his time as president. First expressed in his campaign speeches and promises, Wilso ...

slogan of

Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democrat to serve as president during the Prog ...

's 1912 presidential campaign * No taxation without representationslogan first used during the

; later used by advocates of

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffra ...

District of Columbia voting rights The voting rights of citizens in the District of Columbia differ from the rights of citizens in the 50 U.S. states. The United States Constitution grants each state voting representation in both houses of the United States Congress. It de ...

, student inclusion in higher education governance, and the

Tea Party movement The Tea Party movement was an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party that began in 2007, catapulted into the mainstream by Congressman Ron Paul's presidential campaign. The movement expanded in resp ...

Peace with Honor "Peace with Honor" was a phrase U.S. President Richard Nixon used in a speech on January 23, 1973 to describe the Paris Peace Accords to end the Vietnam War. The phrase is a variation on a campaign promise Nixon made in 1968: "I pledge to you th ...

phrase used by several notable authors and politicians; used by President

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

in 1973 to describe the

Paris Peace Accords The Paris Peace Accords (), officially the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam (), was a peace agreement signed on January 27, 1973, to establish peace in Vietnam and end the Vietnam War. It took effect at 8:00 the follo ...

to end the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam) and their allies. North Vietnam w ...

* Read my lips: no new taxesmost prominent

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from American presidential candidate

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...

's speech at the

1988 Republican National Convention The 1988 Republican National Convention was held in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, from August 15 to August 18, 1988. It was the second time that a major party held its convention in one of the five states known as the Deep So ...

; later cited by Bush opponents as a broken

promise A promise is a commitment by someone to do or not do something. As a noun ''promise'' means a declaration assuring that one will or will not do something. As a verb it means to commit oneself by a promise to do or give. It can also mean a capacity ...

Remember Pearl Harbor Remember Pearl Harbor may refer to: *Remember Pearl Harbor (slogan), American popular saying coined after December 7, 1941, attack * "Remember Pearl Harbor" (song), American patriotic march by Sammy Kaye Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay Jr.; M ...

slogan and song created after the 1941 Japanese

attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Empire of Japan on the United States Pacific Fleet at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, its naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Territory of ...

* Stay the courseslogan popularized by President

while campaigning for Republicans during the 1982 mid-term elections and later used by his Vice President

George H.W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushBefore the outcome of the 2000 United States presidential election, he was usually referred to simply as "George Bush" but became more commonly known as "George H. W. Bush", "Bush Senior," "Bush 41," and even "Bush th ...

. *

Stop the Steal After Democratic nominee Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election, Republican nominee and then-incumbent president Donald Trump pursued an unprecedented effort to overturn the election, with support from his campaign, ...

slogan created in 2016 by Republican political operative

Roger Stone Roger Jason Stone (born Roger Joseph Stone Jr.; August 27, 1952) is an American Political consulting, political consultant and lobbyist. He is Donald Trump's longest-serving political adviser, best known for the Mueller special counsel investi ...

in anticipation of potential election losses that could be portrayed as stolen by alleged

fraud In law, fraud is intent (law), intentional deception to deprive a victim of a legal right or to gain from a victim unlawfully or unfairly. Fraud can violate Civil law (common law), civil law (e.g., a fraud victim may sue the fraud perpetrato ...

The buck stops here Buck passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes (playing) the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one's own responsibility. It is often used to refer to a strategy in power politics whereby a state tries to get anothe ...

phrase popularized by President

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequen ...

in reference to government accountability *

The personal is political ''The personal is political'', also termed ''The private is political'', is a political argument used as a rallying slogan by student activist movements and second-wave feminism from the late 1960s. In the feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970 ...

slogan associated with 1960s

second wave feminism Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades, ending with the feminist sex wars in the early 1980s and being replaced by third-wave feminism in the early 1990s. It occurred t ...

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", originally published as "Tip and Ty", is a campaign song of the Whig Party's Log Cabin Campaign in the 1840 United States presidential election. Its lyrics sang the praises of Whig candidates William Henry Harriso ...

campaign song Campaign songs are songs used by candidates or political campaigns. Most modern campaign songs are upbeat popular music, popular songs or original compositions that articulate a positive message about a campaign or candidate, usually appealing to ...

of the William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign; the slogan references Whig candidates

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...

(the "hero of Tippecanoe") and

John Tyler John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth president of the United States, serving from 1841 to 1845, after briefly holding office as the tenth vice president of the United States, vice president in 1841. He was elected ...

United We Stand America United We Stand America was the name selected by Texas businessman H. Ross Perot for his citizen action organization after his 1992 independent political campaign for President of the United States. Perot's 19% showing in the 1992 election was su ...

citizen action organization created by

Ross Perot Henry Ross Perot ( ; June 27, 1930 – July 9, 2019) was an American businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chief executive officer of Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems. He ran an Independent politician ...

after his unsuccessful 1992 presidential campaign; later adopted as a slogan by the Reform Party * War on womenphrase used to describe certain Republican policies and legislation that restrict

women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...

, especially

reproductive rights Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to human reproduction, reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world. The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights: Reproductive rights ...

including abortion *

We are the 99% "We are the 99%" is a political slogan widely used and coined during the 2011 Occupy movement. The phrase directly refers to the income and wealth inequality in the United States, with a concentration of wealth among the top-earning 1%. It ref ...

slogan coined and widely used during the 2011

Occupy Wall Street Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist movement against economic inequality, capitalism, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Financial ...

; the slogan refers to

income Income is the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity within a specified timeframe, which is generally expressed in monetary terms. Income is difficult to define conceptually and the definition may be different across fields. F ...

and

wealth inequality in the United States The inequality of wealth (i.e., inequality in the distribution of resources, assets) has substantially increased in the United States since the late 1980s. Wealth commonly includes the values of any homes, automobiles, personal valuables, busi ...

* When the looting starts, the shooting startsstatement by Walter E. Headley on the eve of the

1968 Republican National Convention The 1968 Republican National Convention was held at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Dade County, Florida, USA, from August 5 to August 8, 1968, to select the party's nominee in the general election. It nominated former Vice P ...

in response to unrest; re-introduced by

in response to

protests A protest (also called a demonstration, remonstration, or remonstrance) is a public act of objection, disapproval or dissent against political advantage. Protests can be thought of as acts of cooperation in which numerous people cooperate ...

relating to the

murder of George Floyd On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black American man, was murdered in Minneapolis by Derek Chauvin, a 44-year-old White police officer. Floyd had been arrested after a store clerk reported that he made a purchase using a c ...

Whip inflation now ''Whip Inflation Now'' (''WIN'') was a 1974 attempt to spur a grassroots movement to combat inflation in the United States, by encouraging personal savings and disciplined spending habits in combination with public measures, urged by U.S. Preside ...

(WIN)initiative by the Gerald Ford presidential administration to combat

stagflation Stagflation is the combination of high inflation, stagnant economic growth, and elevated unemployment. The term ''stagflation'', a portmanteau of "stagnation" and "inflation," was popularized, and probably coined, by British politician Iain Mac ...

during the

1970s recession Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this y ...

by voluntary measures as opposed to the

minimum wage A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. List of countries by minimum wage, Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation b ...

and

price controls Price controls are restrictions set in place and enforced by governments, on the prices that can be charged for goods and services in a market. The intent behind implementing such controls can stem from the desire to maintain affordability of go ...

pursued by his predecessors; the campaign was widely ridiculed by the public and contributed to the Democratic Party's victory in the 1974 congressional elections and the 1976 presidential election, and it was abandoned during the

1976 Republican Party presidential primaries From January 6 to July 14, 1976, voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for president in the 1976 United States presidential election. The major candidates were incumbent President Gerald Ford and former governor of California Ronald ...

in favor of a program of

tax cut A tax cut typically represents a decrease in the amount of money taken from taxpayers to go towards government revenue. This decreases the revenue of the government and increases the disposable income of taxpayers. Tax rate cuts usually refer ...

Asia

Bangladesh

* ''

Bangladesh Zindabad Bangladesh Zindabad ( — , ) 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 creation of Bangladesh, during the East Pakistan, period of Unit ...

'' (Bengali for 'Long live Bangladesh')expression of Bangladeshi patriotism often used in political speeches and at

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

matches * ''

Joy Bangla Joy Bangla ( ) is a slogan and was a war cry used in Bangladesh and in the Indian state of West Bengal to indicate nationalism towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of Bengal and Bangamata (also known as Bangla Maa or Mother ...

'' (Bengali for 'Victory for Bengal' or 'Hail Bengal')

slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a clan or a political, commercial, religious, or other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose, with the goal of persuading members of the public or a more defined target group ...

and

war cry A battle cry or war cry is a yell or chant taken up in battle, usually by members of the same combatant group. Battle cries are not necessarily articulate (e.g. "Eulaliaaaa!", "Alala"..), although they often aim to invoke patriotic or religio ...

used in Bangladesh and the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

to indicate

nationalism Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, I ...

towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of

Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...

and Bangamata; made national slogan of Bangladesh in 2022 * "Tui Ke? Ami Ke? Razakar! Razakar! Ke boleche, ke boleche, sairachar-sairachar!" (Who are you? Who am I? Razakar! Razakar! Who says? Who says? The Dictator! The Dictator!). The slogan was used by protestors as Sheikh Hasina referred to students as "razakar" for protesting the quota system. In retaliation, they labeled her a dictator for securing her fourth term as Prime Minister, igniting allegations of electoral rigging - 2024

China

Common prosperity Common prosperity ( zh, s=共同富裕, hp=Gòngtóng fùyù) is a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political slogan and stated goal to bolster social equality and economic equity. Under the leadership of CCP chairman Mao Zedong, common prosperity ...

slogan of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

, stating the goal of bolstering

social equality Social equality is a state of affairs in which all individuals within society have equal rights, liberties, and status, possibly including civil rights, freedom of expression, autonomy, and equal access to certain public goods and social servi ...

and economic equity *

Four new inventions The term ''Four new inventions'' () is a slogan promoted by Chinese state media, drawing inspiration from the ''Four Great Inventions'' of ancient China. In 2017, Chinese state media began asserting that mainland China "invented" high-speed rail, ...

2017 slogan used by

state media State media are typically understood as media outlets that are owned, operated, or significantly influenced by the government. They are distinguished from public service media, which are designed to serve the public interest, operate independent ...

claiming that

mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...

invented

high-speed rail High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilising trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialised rolling stock and dedicated railway track, tracks. While there is ...

mobile payment Mobile payment, also referred to as mobile money, mobile money transfer and mobile wallet, is any of various payment processing services operated under financial regulations and performed from or via a mobile device. Instead of paying with cas ...

e-commerce E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile co ...

, and

bike-sharing A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost. The programmes themselves include bot ...

; based on the

Four Great Inventions The Four Great Inventions are inventions from ancient China that are celebrated in Chinese culture for their historical significance and as symbols of ancient China's advanced science and technology. They are the compass, gunpowder, papermaking ...

* Revolution is not a dinner partyphrase coined by

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

in the 1927 essay ''

Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan ''Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan'' or ''Inquiry into the Peasant Movement of Hunan'' of March 1927, often called the Hunan Report, is one of Mao Zedong's most famous and influential essays. The Report is based on a ...

''; the phrase means that a revolution should not be expected to be gentle or restrained *

Serve the People "Serve the People" () is a political slogan and the motto of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). It originates from the title of a speech by Mao Zedong, delivered in September 1944. The slogan became popular in the United States due to the strong ...

()political slogan of

; later became popular among the

New Left The New Left was a broad political movement that emerged from the counterculture of the 1960s and continued through the 1970s. It consisted of activists in the Western world who, in reaction to the era's liberal establishment, campaigned for freer ...

, Red Guard Party, and

Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist and Black Power movement, black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newto ...

due to their strong Maoist influences.

Japan

* ''Hakkō ichiu'' (Japanese for 'All the world under one roof')slogan used from the Second Sino-Japanese War to World War II; the slogan implies the divine right of the Empire of Japan to "World domination, unify the eight corners of the world"

India

* ''Jai Bhim'' (Hindustani for 'Hail Bhim' or 'Victory to Bhim')slogan used by Indians, especially Ambedkarites, referring to B. R. Ambedkar * ''Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'' ('Hail the Soldier, Hail the Farmer')slogan used by the Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri in 1965; later adapted by other politicians * ''Ma Mati Manush'' (Bengali for 'Mother, Land, and People')slogan coined by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of

, who represented All India Trinamool Congress

Indonesia

* ' (Indonesian for 'Britain we'll crowbar, United States we'll iron')collaborationist slogan used by Sukarno during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, Japanese occupation; later used during the Konfrontasi and Indonesia and the United Nations, Indonesian withdrawal from the United Nations

Iran

* Woman, Life, Freedom (, )slogan that became a rallying cry during the Mahsa Amini protests in Iran as a response to the death of Mahsa Amini

Pakistan

* Go Nawaz Goslogan used by supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and Pakistan Awami Tehrik parties during the political movement against the Nawaz Sharif government * ''Pakistan khappay'' (Sindhi for 'We want Pakistan')phrase coined by President Asif Ali Zardari * ''Pakistan Zindabad'' (Urdu for 'Long live Pakistan')slogan in displays of Pakistani nationalism

Palestine

From the river to the sea is a frequently used rallying cry used to denote equality for all Palestinians living between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.

Europe

Belarus

* Long Live Belarus!motto widely used by members of the Belarusian democratic and nationalist opposition as well as members of the Belarusian diaspora

Croatia

* Za dom spremni (For the homeland - ready!) - Croatian nationalist slogan most known for its usage by the Ustaše

France

* slogan adopted by supporters of freedom of speech and freedom of the press following the Charlie Hebdo shooting, 2015 Charlie Hebdo killings * (French for 'Liberty, equality, fraternity')national motto of France originating in the French Revolution; also the national motto of Haiti * (French for 'Under the cobblestones, the beach!')notable slogan of the May 1968 events in France, May '68 demonstrations * ''Vivre Libre ou Mourir'' (French for 'Live free or die')French Revolution slogan; also the Live Free or Die, motto of the US state of New Hampshire

Germany

* (German for 'Back home into the Reich')phrase describing Adolf Hitler's initiative to include all areas with Germans, ethnic Germans in the German Reich * ()German translation of Prussia's Latin-language motto , meaning 'justice for everyone'; used 1937–1945 by Nazi Germany over the main gate at Buchenwald concentration camp, it figuratively meant "everyone gets what he deserves"; the Latin phrase was used in ancient Rome * (German for 'My honor is called loyalty')motto of the ''Schutzstaffel'' in Nazi Germany; banned in modern Germany along with other Nazi slogans under Strafgesetzbuch section 86a, ''Strafgesetzbuch'' section 86a * (German for 'we can manage this', 'we can handle this'; or 'we can do this')slogan used by Chancellor Angela Merkel to defend her open border policy during the 2015 European migrant crisis * (German for '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

Greece

* ' (; 1–1–4)slogan from the late 1960s to early 1970s referencing Article 120 of the Greek Constitution#Use as a political motto, Article 114 of the 1952 constitution

Ireland

* (Irish for 'Ireland Forever')phrase used to express allegiance to Ireland or Irish pride; anglicised as "Erin go Bragh" * (Irish for 'We ourselves')motto for the Irish Home Rule movement beginning in the 19th century; inspired a Sinn Féin, political party of the same name in Northern Ireland * (Irish for 'Our Day Will Come')slogan for a United Ireland

Portugal

* ' (Portuguese for 'God, country and family')António de Oliveira Salazar, Salazar reactionary slogan in the Estado Novo (Portugal), Estado Novo regime in Portugal

Ukraine

* Slava Ukraini (Ukrainian for 'Glory to Ukraine!')slogan of Ukrainian nationalism, Ukrainian nationalists originating from the Ukrainian War of Independence

United Kingdom

* Church in Dangerslogan used by the Tories (British political party), Tory Party in elections during Anne, Queen of Great Britain, Queen Anne's reign * Get Brexit DoneConservative Party (UK), Conservative Party slogan for the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 UK General Election * Hands Off Russiaslogan created by History of the socialist movement in the United Kingdom, British socialists protesting the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War * Labour Isn't Working1978 Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party poster devised by Saatchi and Saatchi showing a long queue outside an Unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom, unemployment office, commenting on the high levels of unemployment; the campaign was a success with the Conservatives winning the election and Margaret Thatcher becoming Prime Minister * Maggie Outpopular chant used at rallies and marches opposing the government of Margaret Thatcher * New Labour, New Dangerslogan on 1997 Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party campaign poster depicting Tony Blair with glowing red eyes; the campaign was criticised by the opposing Labour Party (UK), Labour Party and the Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom), Advertising Standards Authority for negative advertising and using Blair's image without his permission * Strong and stableslogan used by Prime Minister Theresa May while campaigning for the 2017 United Kingdom general election, 2017 general election; it also became an internet meme * Take back controlslogan popularised by the Vote Leave campaign in support of Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, 2016 Brexit referendum * There is no alternativepro-capitalism slogan often used by Margaret Thatcher

Romania

* Bessarabia, Romanian landRomanian Romanian nationalism, nationalist and Romanian irredentism, irredentist phrase posing claims over the region of Bessarabia

Russia

* (Russian for 'Fuck war!')Opposition to the Iraq War, anti-Iraq War phrase made famous by Russian group t.A.T.u. * Putin Must Gowebsite and public campaign of Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, opponents of President Vladimir Putin; used since 2010

Scotland

* It's Scotland's oilslogan used by the Scottish National Party (SNP) during the 1970s in making their economic case for Scottish independence

Serbia

* Kosovo is Serbiaslogan used by protesters as a reaction to Kosovo's 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, unilateral declaration of independence

Spain

* (Spanish for 'Real Democracy NOW!')grassroots organization and slogan used in 2011 Spanish protests, 2011 protests * Let Txapote vote for youslogan used by the right and far-right during the 2023 Spanish general election; referring to Basque separatist Francisco Javier García Gaztelu (nicknamed "Txapote"), the slogan was used against Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez * (Spanish for 'One, Great and Free' or 'One, Great and Free')Francoist slogan for Spanish nationalism

Yugoslavia

* Brotherhood and unityslogan used by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia after World War II in Yugoslavia, World War II * Death to fascism, freedom to the peopleanti-Nazi slogan used by the Yugoslav Partisans, Yugoslav resistance movement during World War II

Oceania

Australia

* It's Time (Australian campaign), It's Timeslogan used by the Australian Labor Party during the 1972 Australian federal election, 1972 federal election campaign; the campaign was successful, with Labor winning the majority for the first time since 1949 Australian federal election, 1949

References

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