A mari usque ad mare (L: From sea to sea) Canada, derived from Psalm 72:8: “He shall have dominion from sea to sea.”
Ad majorem Dei gloriam (L: To the Greater Glory of God) The Jesuits, Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola (c. 1491–1556) in 1534.
Aut Caesar, aut nihil (L: Caesar or nothing) Inscribed on the sword of Cesare Borgia (1476–1507).
Bene qui sedulo (L: He lives well who lives industriously) Lords Northcliffe (1865–1922) and Rothermere (1925–1998), British press barons.
Candor illaesus (L: Purity unsullied) Giulio de Medici (1478–1534), nephew of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Pope Clement VII from 1523.
Cedo nuli (L: I yield to none) Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536), Dutch humanist and theologian.
Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus triumphat (L: Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ triumphs) Charlemagne (742–814), Emperor of the West.
Cum grege non graditur (L: He does not walk with the flock) Cardinal Benedetti Odescalchi (1611–1689), Pope Innocent XI from 1676.
Dieu et mon droit (Fr: God and my right) English and British sovereigns, coined in 1198 by Richard I (1157–1199) after his victory at Gisors.
E pluribus unum (L: From the many, one) United States of America, adopted in 1782; the “many” refers to the thirteen original colonies, the “one” to their union.
Exemplum adest ipse homo (L: The man himself is present as an example) The Franklin family of the USA, including Benjamin (1706–1790).
Felis demulcta mitis (L: A stroked cat is gentle) The Lords Brocket, British aristocrats, lately disgraced by conviction of present lord in insurance scam. According to Tony Blair, in February 1997: “The first Lord Brocket bought the title from Lloyd George; the second Lord Brocket was one of Britain’s leading Nazi sympathisers; and the third Lord Brocket is serving five years for fraud.”
Fiat justitia et pereas mundus (L: Let justice be done, though the world perish) Ferdinand I (1503–1564), Holy Roman Emperor.
Hoc pretium cive servato tulit (L: He bears this reward for having saved a citizen) Appears on the Medal of the Royal Humane Society.
Honi soit qui mal y pense (F: Evil be to him who evil thinks) Order of the Garter, founded by Edward III in 1348.
Ich dien (Ger: I serve) The Prince of Wales.
Invidiae fines virtute reliquit (L: He left the bounds of envy by valor) Jules Mazarin (1602–1661), French statesman and cardinal.
Nation shall speak unto nation The British Broadcasting Corporation, adapted from Micah 4:3: “Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation.”
Praestat uni probo qum mille improbis placere (L: Better I should please one good man than a thousand bad men) Friedrich I (c. 1122–1190), Holy Roman Emperor and German king.
Unus non sufficit orbis (L: One world is not enough) Philip II (1527–1598), King of Spain.
Ventis secundus (L: By favorable winds) HMS Hood (1918–1941), British battle cruiser, sunk in engagement with the Bismarck in Denmark Strait.