(Redirected from One for all, all for one)'One for all, and all for one' (''un pour tous, tous pour un''; also inverted to 'All for one, and one for all') is a
motto traditionally associated with the ''King's Musketeers'' in the novel ''
The Three Musketeers'' written by
Alexandre Dumas, père. In the novel, it was the motto of a trio of French
musketeers named
Athos,
Porthos and
Aramis who stayed loyal to each other through thick and thin.
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On
November 30,
2002, in an elaborate but solemn procession, six
Republican Guards carried the coffin of Dumas from their original interment site in the Cimetière de
Villers-Cotterêts in
Aisne to the
Panthéon. The coffin was draped in a blue-velvet cloth inscribed with the motto.
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The motto has passed into popular usage as a statement of solidarity among comrades. It is used by the
Hells Angels. In its
Latin version, ''
Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno'', it is the traditional motto of
Switzerland.
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4. Dumas au Panthéon (in French)