France
Military Unit Mottos: France
| Military Motto | Motto | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| French Army | "Honneur et Patrie" | French | "Honour and Fatherland" |
| French Navy | "Honneur, Patrie, Valeur, Discipline" | French | "Honour, Fatherland, Valour, Discipline" |
| French Air Force | "Faire face" | French | "Rise up"(i.e. against someone, something) |
| French Foreign Legion | "Legio Patria Nostra" | Latin | "The Legion is our Fatherland" |
| La Grande Armée | "Valeur et Discipline" | French | "Valour and Discipline" |
| Franco-German Brigade | "Le devoir d'excellence"/"Dem Besten verpflichtet" | French/German | "Devoted to excellence" |
Read more about this topic: List Of Military Unit Mottoes By Country
Famous quotes containing the word france:
“The moment Germany rises as a great power, France gains a new importance as a cultural power.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war!”
—Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)
“Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America.”
—Lillian Hellman (1907–1984)