One for all, and all for one
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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.
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.
The motto has passed into popular usage as a statement of solidarity among comrades. It is used by the Hells Angels, among others.
In its Latin version, Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno, it is also the traditional motto of Switzerland. It is also seen on the arches of Seahaven in the film The Truman Show.
