History BadassCreed / RealLife

** From Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen: "[[BigDamnHeroes On time]]! On target! [[TheDeterminator Never quit]]!" Their job? Providing MoreDakka and GunshipRescue when the [=SEALs=] need both.

[[TheDeterminator I will never falter,\\

-->'' You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be.''
-->'''UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill''' - ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''

But should foes asail our coast\\

The Wild Weasels have an unofficial motto which happens to be "You Gotta Be Shitting Me." when they found out what their mission was to search and destroy enemy radar sites.

* Mottos of the[[UsefulNotes/SingaporeansWithStealthFrigates Singapore Armed Forces]] Singapore Guards: "Ready to Strike", Commando Formation: "Honour & Glory", Singapore Combat Engineers: "Advance and Overcome", Naval Diving Unit: "Nothing Stands In Our Way"

* [[UsefulNotes/SingaporeansWithStealthFrigates Singapore Guards Formation]]: "Ready to Strike", Commando Formation: "Honour & Glory", Singapore Combat Engineers: "Advance and Overcome"

** {{CIA}}'s counterintelligence division has a variant: "In God we trust, all others we polygraph."

* While the mottos of Canada and most of the provinces are sweeping and boastful (Canada: ''A Mari Usque Ad Mare'', rendered in English as "From Sea to Shining Sea"; British Columbia: ''Splendor Sine Occasu'', best translated as "Splendor Undiminished") Quebec's motto is the chilling ''Je me souviens'': "I Remember".

** This creed has been parodied multiple times, notably in the title of a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxMDvGaDDSY staff training video]] from TheOffice.

** The Coldstream Guards: ''Nulli Secundus'' ("Second to None")

** The Royal Canadian Regiment has ''Pro Patria" (For Country)

* [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Canada's]] Black Watch uses the classic ''Nemo Me Impune Lacessit'' ("No one provokes me with impunity")
** It's worth noting that this is because the Black Watch are a Scots regiment, and this is the motto of Scotland itself - most frequently rendered as "Wha daur meddle wi' me?"

* While we're on the topic of the Canadian Military, let us not forget the motto of the Canadian Forces' Intelligence Branch: ''E Tenebris Lux'' ("From the Darkness, Light").

* [[{{NSA}} National Security Agency]] unofficial motto: "In God we Trust. All Others we monitor."

** For any who are confused by this, the full line is ''Je me souviens / que né sous le lys / je croîs sous la rose'', which translates as "I remember that born under the lily ''(France)'' I grew under the rose ''(England)''." The intended meaning was [[ShrugOfGod never fully explained]] by its [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne-%C3%89tienne_Tach%C3%A9 original author]]. Probably just a neutral summation of the history of Quebec... but it could be taken as implying that the English (and English Canada) are still viewed as conquerors, and possibly enemies.

* The [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]] has gone through a fair few of these:

* Scotland, as you might expect, also has one: ''Nemo me impune lacessit'' ("Nobody injures me with impunity"). It has a rather more direct, official translation into Scots: "Who daur meddle wi' me?" Its unofficial translation, much beloved of [[BritsWithBattleships Scottish soldiers]], is "No-one fucks wi' me an' gets awa' wi' it."

* ''[[http://lesswrong.com/lw/h8/tsuyoku_naritai_i_want_to_become_stronger/ Tsuyoku naritai!]]'' is Japanese for "I want to become stronger", something EliezerYudkowsky considers a motto for aspiring rationalists.

* This is Older Than They Think: The Romans had one. ''Vae Victis'', literally meaning "Way of the victor". In practice, it meant 'woe to the conquered' (or 'I won, so I get what I want. You lost, so you've got nothing to say about it').
** More colloquially, "Go to hell." They'd shout it as they ran into battle.

* The British Army: "Be The Best". Theire centuries-old reputation as at the top of the class for professionalism and individual quality of soldiers suggests they live up to it.
** The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): ''Virtutis Fortuna Comes'' ("Fortune Favours The Bold"). Considering this regiment was so badass that the Duke, himself no slacker in the badass rankings, once said of them "I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me", it's safe to say they were seriously fucking badass.

* [[UsefulNotes/NewRomanLegions Italian forces]], despite having been thought as little more of comic relief during WW2 (mostly because of inept high officers or insufficient logistical structure), have a long story of desperate battles where they were defeated to the last man, or where they snatched away victory with daring awesomeness, crazy manly bravery, or innovative thinking. They have their share of badass creeds:

* The British Army: "Be The Best".

** Royal Tank Regiment: "Fear Naught"

-->'''WinstonChurchill''' - ''UsefulNotes/WorldWarII''

* The motto of certifiable {{Badass}}, Richard the Lionheart: ''Dieu et Mon Droit''. It is translated many ways, one of which is "God and my right hand". Basically, [[OneManArmy all I need is my right hand]] and God. Sometimes translated as "God and my right", meaning that the speaker has a God given right to rule. It is the current motto of the British Royal Family.

** The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): ''Virtutis Fortuna Comes'' ("Fortune Favours The Bold"). Considering this regiment was so {{Badass}} that the Duke, himself no slacker in the {{Badass}} rankings, once said of them "I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me", it's safe to say they were seriously fucking {{Badass}}.

** "Come hell or high water, the mail ''must go through!''" Certainly not official, but ''much'' more {{Badass}}.