International usage •
Better dead than Redanti-Communist slogan •
Black is beautifulpolitical slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by
African Americans •
Black Lives Matterdecentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the
acquittal of
George Zimmerman 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 •
Black powerslogan and a name for various associated ideologies associated with
self-determination for
black people; popularized by
Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s •
Blood and soilnationalist slogan for
Nazi Germany's racial policies; later adopted by
white nationalist and
alt-right movements in North America •
Bread and rosesslogan, poem, and song associated with
suffrage and
labor movements •
Eat the richpolitical slogan associated with
anti-capitalism and
left-wing politics; originally traced to
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 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 needsMarxist slogan •
Give me liberty or give me death!slogan coined by
Patrick Henry prior to the
American Revolutionary War; 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 and
Moral Majority leader
Jerry Falwell • (Hindustani for 'Long live the revolution')phrase used by communist parties in
India and
Pakistan. The slogan was widely used in
Bangladesh during the
July Revolution. •
Joy Bangla (Bengali for 'Victory for Bengal' or 'Hail Bengal')
Bengali nationalistic slogan and
war cry used in Bangladesh and
West Bengal; national slogan of Bangladesh from 2022 to 2024 •
Khela Hobe (Bengali for 'The game is on')slogan used in Bangladesh and India •
Kuknalim (Naga for 'Victory to the People and Land' or 'Long Live the Land')slogan used by
Nagas •
Lal Salam (Hindustani for 'Red Salute')Hindustani phrase translating to 'Red Salute'; used by
communists in the
Indian subcontinent as a salute, greeting, or code word •
Make love, not waranti-war slogan began during the
War in Vietnam •
Ma Mati Manush (Bengali for 'Mother, Land, and People')slogan used by the
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (in Bangladesh) and
Trinamool Congress (in West Bengal) •
No gods, no mastersphrase associated with
anarchist philosophy and the leftist
labor movement •
Nothing about us without usLatin slogan (
Nihil de nobis, sine nobis) that impacted Poland's 1505 constitutional legislation
Nihil novi and
Hungarian law; 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, especially after
Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 •
One man, one voteslogan used worldwide for
universal suffrage, most notably in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa •
Piss On Pityslogan that has primarily been deployed in protest of charities that fundraise by portraying
disabled people as burdensome and helpless •
Power to the peoplean
anti-establishment slogan used in a variety of contexts by different political groups • (Spanish for 'Yes, we can')motto of the
United Farm Workers; used in English and Spanish by the
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign •
Stop the boatsan anti-immigration slogan used by
Tony Abbott during the
2013 Australian federal election, and later during the
premiership of Rishi Sunak against
English Channel migrant crossings to the United Kingdom •
The rich get richer and the poor get pooreraphorism attributed to
Percy Bysshe Shelley; used frequently to describe
wealth concentration and
economic inequality •
No such thing as a free lunchpopular
adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing •
The whole world is watchingphrase used by
anti-war demonstrators and others •
They shall not passslogan used to express a determination to defend a position against an enemy; most notably used by France in
World War I; also used during the
Spanish Civil War by the
Republican faction •
Think globally, act locallyphrase used in various contexts, including
urban planning •
White powerslogan and chant of
white supremacists •
White Lives Matterslogan and chant of white nationalists •
It's okay to be whiteslogan and chant of white nationalists • The
Fourteen Words (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! (, literally )
working-class rallying cry originating from the 1848
Communist Manifesto by
Karl Marx and
Friedrich Engels; slogan used by socialist states and communist parties, including those of the
Soviet Union Africa Nigeria •
Febuhari 14pun combining the
Yoruba word "fe" (meaning "love") with the surname of 2015 opposition presidential candidate
Muhammadu Buhari • To keep Nigeria one, is a task that must be donea
Civil War 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 •
Liberation before educationslogan in opposition to the segregated
Bantu education system in South Africa under
apartheid •
One settler, one bulletrallying cry of the
Azanian People's Liberation Army during the armed struggle against apartheid •
Rhodes Must Fallslogan used during the early 2015 students protests in South Africa; directed against the now-removed statue of
Cecil Rhodes at the
University of Cape Town Zimbabwe •
Zimbabwean Lives Matter2020 online protest against the government of President
Emmerson Mnangagwa Americas Canada •
Axe the Tax •
Last Best Westslogan encouraging immigration to the
Prairie Provinces Cuba • '''' (Spanish for 'Until Victory, Forever!')slogan used by Marxist revolutionary
Che Guevara •
Patria o Muerte (Spanish for 'Homeland or Death')1960 slogan of
Fidel Castro used for the first time at a memorial service for the
La Coubre explosion; became a motto of the
Cuban Revolution •
Patria y Vida (Spanish for 'Homeland and Life')slogan and
reggaeton song originating from the
San Isidro Movement and associated with the
2021 Cuban protests; the slogan is an inversion of the Cuban Revolution motto ('Homeland or Death')
United States !" sign used during his 2024 presidential campaign before Trump selected
JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate •
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 •
Come and take itphrase used in 1778 at
Fort Morris during the American Revolutionary War and in later
last stands; later used in regard to the
right to keep and bear arms •
Compassionate conservatismslogan of the
George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign •
Defund the policeslogan calling for the reallocation of funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety •
Deny, Defend, Deposeslogan often associated with
anti-capitalism and the
denial of insurance claims; originates from the similar phrase "
Delay, Deny, Defend," used to criticize the
American healthcare industry, but was popularized following the
assassination of Brian Thompson, the former CEO of
UnitedHealthcare. •
Don't Mess with Texasslogan 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 Governor and United States Senator
Huey Long as part of the broader
wealth redistribution 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 •
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 to run for president in 1952 •
Let's Go Brandonslogan used as a
euphemism for "Fuck
Joe Biden" by
Republican politicians and those opposed to President Joe Biden •
Make America Great Againslogan used by various conservative political candidates in the United States since 1980, most notably
Ronald Reagan and
Donald Trump •
New Nationalismslogan of
Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 presidential campaign with the
Progressive Party; derived from
Herbert Croly's pamphlet
The Promise of American Life and adopted by Roosevelt after an August 1910 speech in
Osawatomie, Kansas •
The New Freedomslogan of
Woodrow Wilson's 1912 presidential campaign •
No taxation without representationslogan first used during the
American Revolutionary War; later used by advocates of
women's suffrage,
District of Columbia voting rights, student inclusion in
higher education governance, and the
Tea Party movement •
Peace with Honorphrase used by several notable authors and politicians; used by President
Richard Nixon in 1973 to describe the
Paris Peace Accords to end the
Vietnam War •
Read my lips: no new taxesmost prominent
sound bite from American presidential candidate
George H. W. Bush's speech at the
1988 Republican National Convention; later cited by Bush opponents as a broken
promise •
Remember Pearl Harborslogan and song created after the 1941 Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor •
Stay the courseslogan popularized by President
Ronald Reagan while campaigning for Republicans during the
1982 mid-term elections and later used by his Vice President
George H. W. Bush. •
Stop the Stealslogan created in 2016 by
Republican political operative
Roger Stone in anticipation of potential election losses that could be portrayed as stolen by alleged
fraud •
The buck stops herephrase popularized by President
Harry S. Truman in reference to
government accountability •
The personal is politicalslogan associated with 1960s
second wave feminism •
Tippecanoe and Tyler Toocampaign song of the
William Henry Harrison 1840 presidential campaign; the slogan references
Whig candidates
William Henry Harrison (the "hero of
Tippecanoe") and
John Tyler •
United We Stand Americacitizen action organization created by
Ross Perot 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, especially
reproductive rights including abortion •
We are the 99%slogan coined and widely used during the 2011
Occupy Wall Street; the slogan refers to
income and
wealth inequality in the United States •
When the looting starts, the shooting startsstatement by
Walter E. Headley on the eve of the
1968 Republican National Convention in response to unrest; re-introduced by
Donald Trump in response to
protests relating to the
murder of George Floyd •
Whip inflation now (WIN)initiative by the
Gerald Ford presidential administration to combat
stagflation during the
1970s recession by voluntary measures as opposed to the
minimum wage and
price controls 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 in favor of a program of
tax cuts
Asia Bangladesh •
Bangladesh Zindabad (Bengali for 'Long live Bangladesh')expression of Bangladeshi patriotism often used in political speeches and at
cricket matches •
Tumi Ke? Ami Ke? Razakar! Razakar! Ke boleche, ke boleche, shoirachar, shoirachar! (). The slogan was used by protestors as
Sheikh Hasina who referred to students as "razakar" for during the
2024 quota reform protest.
China •
Common prosperityslogan of the
Chinese Communist Party, stating the goal of bolstering
social equality and
economic equity •
Four new inventions2017 slogan used by
state media claiming that
mainland China invented
high-speed rail,
mobile payment,
e-commerce, and
bike-sharing; based on the
Four Great Inventions •
Revolution is not a dinner partyphrase coined by
Mao Zedong in the 1927 essay
Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan; the phrase means that a revolution should not be expected to be gentle or restrained •
Serve the People ()political slogan of
Mao Zedong; later became popular among the
New Left,
Red Guard Party, and
Black Panther Party due to their strong
Maoist influences.
India •
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Jai Bhim (Hindustani for 'Hail Bhim' or 'Victory to Bhim')slogan used by Indians, especially
Ambedkarites, referring to
B. R. Ambedkar •
Jai Hind ('Hail India') •
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
Indonesia • "
I henceforth proclaim Trikora" Sukarno when giving a speech at the UN and it became a common slogan when discussing national issues. • '''' (Indonesian for 'Britain we'll crowbar, United States we'll iron')collaborationist slogan used by
Sukarno during the
Japanese occupation; later used during the
Konfrontasi and
Indonesian withdrawal from the United Nations • "
Lebih Cepat Lebih Baik" (Indonesian for 'faster and better')
Jusuf Kalla's campaign slogan for
2009 Indonesian presidential election, an apparent criticism to
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's perceived inaction. • "
Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka!" a slogan used by
Megawati Sukarnoputri whenever she starts or ends a speech, quoting
Sukarno. • "
Semua bisa diatur" (Indonesian for 'everything can be arranged') a famous slogan by
Vice President Adam Malik Israel •
Am Yisrael Chai (Hebrew for 'The Nation of Israel Lives On')
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 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 "
unify the eight corners of the world"
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" – slogan used for freedom from oppression across the historical land of Palestine 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
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 '68 demonstrations •
Vivre Libre ou Mourir (French for 'Live free or die')
French Revolution slogan; also the
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
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 • (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 that led to the demise of the
German Democratic Republic and
German reunification Greece • '''' (; 1–1–4)slogan from the late 1960s to early 1970s referencing
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
political party of the same name in
Northern Ireland • (Irish for 'Our Day Will Come')slogan for a
United Ireland Portugal • '''' ()
Salazar reactionary slogan in the
Estado Novo regime in
Portugal Ukraine •
Slava Ukraini (Ukrainian for 'Glory to Ukraine!')slogan of
Ukrainian nationalists originating from the
Ukrainian War of Independence United Kingdom •
Church in Dangerslogan used by the
Tory Party in elections during
Queen Anne's reign •
Get Brexit DoneConservative Party slogan for the
2019 UK General Election •
Hands Off Russiaslogan created by
British socialists protesting the
Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War •
Labour Isn't Working1978
Conservative Party poster devised by
Saatchi and Saatchi showing 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 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 campaign poster depicting
Tony Blair with glowing red eyes; the campaign was criticised by the opposing
Labour Party and the
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 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 Brexit referendum •
There is no alternativepro-
capitalism slogan often used by
Margaret Thatcher Romania •
Basarabia, Romanian landRomanian
nationalist and
irredentist phrase posing claims over the region of
Basarabia • Să trăiți bine!Romanian slogan belonging to
Traian Băsescu, used in the
2004 Romanian general elections • Cheia e la tine!motto used in the
1996 Romanian general election by the
Romanian Democratic Convention, especially by its presidential candidate and future president
Emil Constantinescu Russia • (Russian for 'Fuck war!')
anti-Iraq War phrase made famous by Russian group
t.A.T.u. •
Putin Must Gowebsite and public campaign of
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
unilateral declaration of independence Spain • (Spanish for 'Real Democracy NOW!')grassroots organization and slogan used in
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')
Francoist slogan for
Spanish nationalism Yugoslavia •
Brotherhood and unityslogan used by the
League of Communists of Yugoslavia after
World War II •
Death to fascism, freedom to the peopleanti-Nazi slogan used by the
Yugoslav resistance movement during
World War II Oceania Australia •
It's Timeslogan used by the
Australian Labor Party during the
1972 federal election campaign; the campaign was successful, with Labor winning the majority for the first time since
1949 New Zealand • Let's do this – slogan used by the
New Zealand Labour Party during the
2017 general election campaign, headed by leader
Jacinda Ardern; the campaign was successful, resulting in
a Labour-led coalition government. • Toitū te Tiriti (
Te Reo Māori for 'Honour
the Treaty') – slogan used by Māori activists, popularised during the 2024
Hīkoi mō te Tiriti in opposition to the
Treaty Principles Bill ==See also==