# What should a new U.S. motto be? (instead of "In God We Trust") **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 4, 2023, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080 "2023-08-04T21:53:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/121 "2023-08-14T20:49:09Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Canada’s is blamelessly descriptive: “From Sea to Sea.” It’s not quite as blameless as it sounds. It’s taken from Psalm 72, Verse 8: “He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the river unto the ends of the earth.” Subtext: “So all you Indigenous peoples can just shut the heck up! Also, Quebec.” ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/122 "2023-08-14T20:56:45Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > the romans didn’t have backyards. “If we can send a legion to it, it’s our backyard” was, I believe, Rome’s motto ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/123 "2023-08-14T21:13:05Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > As far as I know, the romans didn’t have backyards. But you could use _latifundium_, perhaps: _Non in latifundium meum_, which in the UK might also be translated as “Geroff moi land!” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/124 "2023-08-14T21:33:25Z")
_Exi e cohorte? Exi ex area?_ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/125 "2023-08-15T23:06:28Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > War is peace > > Freedom is slavery > > Ignorance is strength. > > Time is money > Money is power > Power is pizza > Pizza is knowledge > > - April Ludgate. Shakespeare: “To be or not to be” Sinatra: “Doo-be Doo-be-doo” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/126 "2023-08-16T10:36:03Z")
It will be featured on the money, so “This we’ll defend.” ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/127 "2023-08-16T14:36:54Z")
This should be a poll. E Pluribus Unum ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/128 "2023-08-19T17:16:01Z")
“para bellum” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/129 "2023-08-19T17:21:20Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > America, fuck yeah! [That’s what I was going to say.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmoeZHnOJKA&t=22s) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/130 "2023-08-23T19:38:34Z")
Resistance is futile Soylent green is people ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/131 "2023-08-28T20:38:28Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Canada’s is blamelessly descriptive: “From Sea to Sea.” And we’re actually starting to say “From Sea to Sea to Sea” a fair bit these days (and maybe the last 10 years or so). Do any of my fellow Canucks know if the third “Sea” is official now? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/132 "2023-09-01T01:09:34Z")
Frank Sinatra: “One good take!” ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/133 "2023-09-01T01:46:58Z")
I found these weird sunglasses and now all my money looks like this. [![](https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/657-6574769_they-live-obey-horror-review-dollar-bill-hd.png) ](https://www.pngfind.com/pngs/m/657-6574769_they-live-obey-horror-review-dollar-bill-hd.png) ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/134 "2023-09-01T01:50:48Z")
America … Fuck Yeah! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/135 "2023-09-01T19:44:23Z")
See also > [@RitterSport](#): > > America, fuck yeah! But overall it’s probably the most appropriate motto of the whole thread, so worth mentioning twice. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/136 "2023-09-01T20:31:52Z")
I don’t mind the old motto. But if updating: - There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitters is gold - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss - You might be king of half the world, you’ll not own me as well - He wore his gun outside his pants, for all the honest world to feel - ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it’s cold as hell - I want to be the girl with the most cake - And I said next time, Next time We’ll get it right - Freedom’s just another word, for nothing left to lose - Liberty, she pirouette, when I think that I am free - I was flying back from Lubbock and saw Jesus on the plane - Beautiful is the dream that makes you mine - Have you come here to play Jesus, to the lepers in you head? - Take a sad song and make it better - We sick and tired of your ism-schism game - Some folks inherit star-spangled eyes - And found my cleanest dirty shirt - Does anybody really know what time it is? - Don’t go changing to try to please me - Just a stranger on the bus, trying to make his way home - Orangutans are skeptical of changes in their cages - Smugglers, scramblers, burglars, gamblers Pickpockets, peddlers and even panhandlers - so build me up, Buttercup - Sippin’ on gin and juice (laid back), with my mind on my money and my money on my mind) - I’m not big on social graces, think I’ll slip on down to the oasis - And I loved you when our love was blessed, and I love you now there’s nothing left but sorrow and a sense of overtime - You with the jaundiced eyes, drunk on your own reflection propped up with desks and flags - was feeling as nearly faded as my jeans - I said “do-you-speaka-ma-language?” - And feeling good was good enough for me - but if your hopes should pass away then simply pretend that you can build them again - America when will you be angelic? When will you take off your clothes? **Okay, so maybe these not-so-serious mottos don’t translate into Latin so well. But one point for every source you can name… 🙂** ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/137 "2023-09-01T21:01:41Z")
He who dies with the most toys wins. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/138 "2023-09-01T22:06:24Z")
Pedit Semper Ridiculam (Farts Will Always Be Funny). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/139 "2023-09-01T22:26:22Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Pedit Semper Ridiculam This says “He always farts the silly woman.” I think you want _pedita semper ridicula_. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080/140 "2023-09-01T22:30:56Z")
Now write it a thousand times on the side of the White House. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080.md?page=8)