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Slogans and
catchphrases are used by politicians, political parties, militaries, activists, and protestors to express or encourage particular beliefs or actions.
List
International usage
Better dead than Red –
anti-Communist slogan
Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by
African Americans
Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the
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 power – slogan and a name for various associated ideologies associated with
self-determination for
black people ; popularized by
Stokely Carmichael in the 1960s
Blood and soil – nationalist slogan for
Nazi Germany's racial policies ; later adopted by
white nationalist and
alt-right movements in the North America
Bread and roses – slogan, poem, and song associated with
suffrage and
labor movements
Eat the rich – political 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."[
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From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs –
Marxist 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 Steve – anti-gay slogan used by
Christians who oppose homosexuality on religious grounds ; used by
televangelist and
Moral Majority leader
Jerry Falwell
Inquilab Zindabad (Hindustani for 'Long live the revolution') – phrase used by communist parties in India and Pakistan
[1]
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 war – anti-war slogan began during the
War in Vietnam
No gods, no masters – phrase associated with
anarchist philosophy and the leftist
labor movement
One man, one vote – slogan used worldwide for
universal suffrage , most notably in the United Kingdom, the United States, and South Africa
Piss On Pity – slogan that has primarily been deployed in protest of charities that fundraise by portraying
disabled people as burdensome and helpless
Power to the people – an
anti-establishment slogan used in a variety of contexts by different political groups
Sí se puede (Spanish for 'Yes, we can') – motto of the
United Farm Workers ; used in English and Spanish by the
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign
The rich get richer and the poor get poorer –
aphorism attributed to
Percy Bysshe Shelley ; used frequently to describe
wealth concentration and
economic inequality
No such thing as a free lunch – popular
adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing
The whole world is watching – phrase used by
anti-war demonstrators and others
They shall not pass – slogan 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 locally – phrase used in various contexts, including
urban planning
White power – slogan and chant of
white supremacists
Workers of the world, unite! (
German : Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt Euch! , literally ' Proletarians of all countries, unite! ' ) –
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
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Americas
Canada
Cuba
United States
Believe women – slogan used to encourage people to believe the testimony of women regarding violence and sexual assault
Build Back Better – name of the economic recovery plan put forward by the
Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign
Build The Wall – slogan used by
Donald Trump as a chant to build the
border wall between Mexico and United States
Come and take it – phrase 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 conservatism – slogan of the
George W. Bush 2000 presidential campaign
[4]
Defund the police – slogan calling for the reallocation of funds from police departments to non-policing forms of public safety
Don't Mess with Texas – slogan that began as anti-
littering campaign; later adopted for political and other purposes
Drill, baby, drill – slogan used by the
Republican Party to call for increasing
domestic oil and gas production
Every Man a King – slogan 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 Fight – slogan used during the 19th-century
Oregon boundary dispute
I like Ike – slogan 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 Brandon – slogan used as a
euphemism for "Fuck
Joe Biden " by
Republican politicians and those opposed to President Joe Biden
Make America Great Again – slogan used by various conservative political candidates in the United States since 1980, most notably
Ronald Reagan and
Donald Trump
New Nationalism – slogan 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 Freedom – slogan of
Woodrow Wilson 's 1912 presidential campaign
No taxation without representation – slogan 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 Honor – phrase 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 taxes – 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 Harbor – slogan and song created after the 1941 Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor
Stay the course – slogan 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 Steal – slogan 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 here – phrase popularized by President
Harry S. Truman in reference to
government accountability
The personal is political – slogan associated with 1960s
second wave feminism
Tippecanoe and Tyler Too –
campaign 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 America – citizen action organization created by
Ross Perot after his unsuccessful
1992 presidential campaign ; later adopted as a slogan by the
Reform Party
[5]
War on women – phrase 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 starts – statement by
Walter E. Headley on the eve of the
1968 Republican National Convention in response to unrest;
[6]
[7] 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
[8]
Asia
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Zindabad (Bengali for 'Long live Bangladesh') – expression of Bangladeshi patriotism often used in political speeches and at
cricket matches
Joy Bangla (Bengali for 'Victory for Bengal' or 'Hail Bengal') –
slogan and
war cry used in Bangladesh and the Indian state of
West Bengal to indicate
nationalism towards the geopolitical, cultural and historical region of
Bengal and
Bangamata ; made national slogan of Bangladesh in 2022
China
Japan
India
Indonesia
Iran
Pakistan
Europe
Belarus
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Portugal
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Romania
Russia
Scotland
Serbia
Spain
Yugoslavia
Oceania
Australia
See also
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