United States national motto has not ruled on the issue. United States national motto The modern motto of the United States of America, as established in a 1956 law signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, is "In God We Trust". The phrase first appeared on U.S. coins in 1864. The 1956 law was the first establishment of an official motto for the country, although E Pluribus Unum ("from many, one") was adopted by an Act of Congress in 1782 as the motto for the Seal of the United States and has been used on coins and paper money since 1795. A phrase similar to
Motto of the European Union Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Luxembourgian historian Gilbert Trausch, former German President of the Bundestag Rita Süssmuth, Irish Senator Mary Henry, former British President of the European Commission Roy Jenkins and former French President of the European Commission Jacques Delors. The motto was displayed on a blue background located behind 24th President of the European Parliament Nicole Fontaine (see picture). Unité dans la diversité, French language for Unity in diversity was translated in the eleven official languages of the EU plus Latin, "In varietate concordia", as read out by President Nicole Fontaine. The motto had been devised