# Semper

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**Semper** may refer to:

## Mottos

- *[Semper caveo](/source/National_Security_Agency)* (Latin: *Always beware*), a motto of the polygraph testers of the US National Security Agency
- *[Semper fidelis](/source/Semper_fidelis)* (Latin: *Always faithful*), a motto used by, among others, the [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps)
- *[Semper fortis](/source/Semper_fortis)* (Latin: *Always courageous*), an unofficial motto of the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy)
- *[Semper Gumby](/source/Semper_Gumby)* (Dog Latin: *Always flexible*), an unofficial motto of the [USCG](/source/United_States_Coast_Guard), [USMC](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps), [USPHS](/source/United_States_Public_Health_Service), [CAP](/source/Civil_Air_Patrol), [Emergency Management](/source/Federal_Emergency_Management_Agency) and more
- *Semper maior* (Latin: *Always more, always greater*), a motto of [Ignatius of Loyola](/source/Ignatius_of_Loyola), the founder of the Jesuits
- *[Semper montani liberi](/source/Seal_of_West_Virginia)* (Latin: *Mountaineers are always free*), the West Virginia state motto
- *[Semper paratus](/source/Semper_paratus)* (Latin: *Always ready*), the United States Coast Guard motto
- *[Semper primus](/source/Semper_primus)* (*always first*), a [Latin phrase](/source/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S)) used as a motto by several [United States](/source/United_States_Armed_Forces) and [Israeli](/source/Israel_Defense_Forces) military units
- *[Semper supra](/source/Semper_supra)* (Latin: *Always above)*, the official motto and [march](/source/Semper_Supra_(march)) of the [United States Space Force](/source/United_States_Space_Force)
- *[Semper vigilans](/source/Semper_vigilans)* (*always vigilant*), a [Latin phrase](/source/List_of_Latin_phrases_(S)) used as a motto by the [Civil Air Patrol](/source/Civil_Air_Patrol), several military units, and the city of [San Diego](/source/San_Diego), [California](/source/California), [U.S](/source/United_States).
- *[Semper vigilo](/source/Semper_vigilo)* (Latin: *Always vigilant or Always alert*), motto of Police Scotland
- *[Sic semper tyrannis](/source/Sic_semper_tyrannis)* (Latin: *Thus always to tyrants*), motto of Virginia
- *[Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes](/source/Quas_dederis_solas_semper_habebis_opes)* (Latin: "What thou hast given alone shall be eternal riches unto thee"), motto of Queen Mary's Grammar School, England

## People

- [Carl Semper](/source/Carl_Semper) (1832–1893), German ethnologist and animal ecologist
- [Colin Semper](/source/Colin_Semper) (1938–2022), Anglican priest
- [Ene-Liis Semper](/source/Ene-Liis_Semper) (born 1969), Estonian video artist, performance artist, scenographer and theatre director
- [Georg Semper](/source/Georg_Semper) (1837–1909), German entomologist
- [Gottfried Semper](/source/Gottfried_Semper) (1803–1879), German architect, art critic, and professor of architecture
- [Johannes Semper](/source/Johannes_Semper) (1892–1970), Estonian writer and translator
- [John Semper](/source/John_Semper), American screenwriter, producer and story editor
- [Manfred Semper](/source/Manfred_Semper), German architect of the second [Dresden Opera House](/source/Semperoper) and son of Gottfried Semper
- [Natalya Yevgenevna Semper](/source/Natalya_Yevgenevna_Semper) (1911–1995), Soviet memoirist and Egyptologist
- [Trevor Semper](/source/Trevor_Semper) (born 1970), Montserratian cricketer

## Other uses

- [Semper (food brand)](/source/Semper_(food_brand)), Swedish brand of infant food, a member of [Hero Group](/source/Hero_Group)
- "[Semper I](/source/Semper_I)", 2011 episode of the psychological thriller TV series *Homeland*
- [Semperoper](/source/Semperoper), an opera house in Dresden, Germany
- [Semper (Property Management System)](/source/Semper_(Property_Management_System)), Hotel Software company based in South Africa

## See also

- *[Ea Semper](/source/Ea_Semper)*, 1907 apostolic letter written by Pope Pius X
- [Semper fi (disambiguation)](/source/Semper_fi_(disambiguation))
- [Semper fidelis (disambiguation)](/source/Semper_fidelis_(disambiguation))

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