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For example, the phrase " Wine, Women And Song " uses three words to capture one idea (which may be "to party", or to adopt a certain lifestyle). If the units involved are not single words, and if they are not in any way synonyms but rather "circumnavigate" the one idea expressed, the figure may be more correctly, precisely, and expediently described as a Triad . Tripartite motto is the conventional English term for a motto, a slogan, or an advertising phrase in the form of a hendiatris. Perhaps equally well-known throughout the world are ''. The English language took the word Tricolor from the French, but did not get a similar one for such a motto. The Italians, however, use the term ''trinomio'' for this purpose. In Rhetoric al teaching, such triple iterations marked the classic rhythm of Cicero nian style, typified by the triple Rhetorical Question s of his first Oration Against Catiline: Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? quamdiu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? quem ad finem sese effrenata jactabit audacia? :Until when will you abuse, Catilina, our patience? {Link without Title} In ancient Greece and Rome, such abstractions as liberty and justice were theologized. Hence the earliest tripartite mottoes are lists of the names of goddesses: ''Eunomia'', ''Dike'', and ''Eirene''. These late Greek goddesses, respectively ''Good Order, Justice, and Peace'' were collectively referred to by the Romans as the ''Horae''. Their list is remarkably similar to the Canadian motto, '' Peace, Order, And Good Government ''. The Romans had ''Concordia'', ''Salus'', and ''Pax'', collectively called the ''Fortunae''. The names of these mean ''Harmony, Health, and Peace''. From the 18th century, the tripartite motto was primarily political. John Locke 's ''Life, Liberty, and Property'' was adapted by Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the United States Declaration Of Independence into '' Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness '', which has become the American equivalent of the French triad listed above. The initial Carlist motto was ''God, Country, King''. Lenin and the "'' (''Unity and Justice and Freedom'') is inscribed on the side of German Euro Coins , as it was on Deutsche Mark coins. The US at West Point has ''Duty, Honor, Country''. Very often triple mottoes derive from a turn of oratory in a speech; for example Abraham Lincoln 's ''of the people, by the people, for the people'' in his Gettysburg Address , while a lesser-known and more sarcastic one is Spiro Agnew 's '' Acid , Abortion, and Amnesty'' in a speech against George McGovern 's candidacy in 1972 . These are common throughout Western civilization, but also appear in other cultures. The Japanese said that during their boom years, illegal immigrants performed the work that was ''Kiken, Kitsui, Kitanai'', or Dangerous, Difficult, (and/or) Dirty. The form is so well known that it can be played upon, as in the three requisites of Real Estate ("Location, Location, Location"), and similarly with Tony Blair stating his priorities as a political leader to be "education, education and education". In German society, the tripartite motto ''Kirche, Kinder, Küche'' (church, kids, kitchen) was first a genuine Nazi slogan, and today is used sarcastically by young women to express their disdain for their traditional role in society. ''Kirche'' was also occasionally replaced with ''Führer''. SEE ALSO
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