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''Deo vindice'' (
Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the
national motto This article lists state and national mottos for the world's nations. The mottos for some states lacking general international recognition, extinct states, non-sovereign nations, regions, and territories are listed, but their names are not bold ...
of the
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. It appears on the margin beneath the device of the
Seal of the Confederate States The Seal of the Confederate States was used to authenticate certain documents issued by the federal government of the Confederate States of America. The phrase is used both for the physical Seal (emblem), seal itself (which was kept by the Conf ...
. Never codified by law, ''Deo vindice'' was considered the '' de facto'' motto of the Confederate States from April 30, 1863, when the
Confederate States Congress The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly/legislature of the Confederate States of America that existed from February 1861 to April/June 1865, during the American Civil War. Its actions were, ...
passed an act (Joint Resolution No. 4), establishing a Seal of the Confederate States. The national motto was first used publicly in 1864.


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God zij met ons ''God zij met ons'' () is a proverb phrase written on Dutch coins. This caption was formerly written on the edge of the guilder, rijksdaalder (two and a half guilder), five guilders, ten guilders and twenty-five guilders and today on 2-euro Du ...
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Gravi de pugna is a pseudepigrapha, forged letter written Pseudo-Augustine, in the name of Augustine of Hippo which asserts that the morally superior side is always superior in battle and therefore that wars are proven to be just wars by their military success. ...
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Deo vindice ''Deo vindice'' (Latin for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. It appears on the margin beneath the Heraldic badge, device of the Seal of the Confederate States. Never codified ...
Deo vindice ''Deo vindice'' (Latin for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. It appears on the margin beneath the Heraldic badge, device of the Seal of the Confederate States. Never codified ...
Deo vindice ''Deo vindice'' (Latin for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. It appears on the margin beneath the Heraldic badge, device of the Seal of the Confederate States. Never codified ...
Deo vindice ''Deo vindice'' (Latin for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. It appears on the margin beneath the Heraldic badge, device of the Seal of the Confederate States. Never codified ...
Deo vindice ''Deo vindice'' (Latin for "(With) God (as our) defender/protector") was the national motto of the Confederate States of America. It appears on the margin beneath the Heraldic badge, device of the Seal of the Confederate States. Never codified ...
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