Slogans and catchphrases 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 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 RussianâÂÂUkrainian 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
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Americas
Canada
Cuba
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
- 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
- most 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
China
India
Indonesia
Israel
Iran
Japan
Pakistan
Palestine
Europe
Belarus
Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Portugal
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Romania
Russia
Scotland
Serbia
Spain
Yugoslavia
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
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