In God We Trust 1787." Aside from constitutional objections, President Theodore Roosevelt took issue with using the motto on coinage as he considered using God's name on money to be sacrilege. In September 2014, a proposal to add displays of "In God We Trust" on public property in Ballwin, Missouri was defeated following a plea to a meeting of aldermen by a local atheist. In God We Trust "In God We Trust" is the official motto of the United States of America, Nicaragua, and of the U.S. state of Florida. It was adopted as the United States' motto in 1956 as a replacement or
Motto of the European Union 2001 « "our real strength lies in "unity in diversity"" », Italian rapporteur Giorgio Ruffolo on 4 September 2001 « "Therefore, the expression 'unity in diversity' has been chosen as the motto of the report" », Austrian member of the European Parliament Paul Rübig on 10 April 2002 « "Europe is, after all, about unity in diversity" » or Spanish Member of the European Parliament Raimon Obiols on 4 September 2003 « "Yesterday the President of the European Convention ended his speech by evoking the future European motto: united in diversity" ». In 2004, the motto was written into the