List of U.S. state mottos

This is a list of mottos for the different states of the United States. To help tourism, states can also make state slogans.

 State  Motto  Translation (If applicable) Alabama                Audemus jura nostra defendere (Latin, "We dare to defend our rights" or "We Dare Maintain Our Rights") Alaska                North to the Future  Arizona                Ditat Deus  (Latin, "God enriches") Arkansas               Regnat populus  (Latin, "The people rule") California             Eureka (Greek, "I have found it") Colorado               Nil sine numine  (Latin, "Nothing without Providence" or "Nothing without the Deity") Connecticut            Qui transtulit sustinet  (Latin, "He who transplanted sustains")DelawareLiberty and independence Florida                In God we trust  Georgia Wisdom, Justice, Moderation Hawaii                 Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ‘Āina i ka Pono  (Hawaiian, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness") Idaho                  Esto perpetua  (Latin, "Let it be perpetual") Illinois               State sovereignty, national union  Indiana                The crossroads of America  Iowa                   Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain  Kansas                 Ad astra per aspera  (Latin, "To the stars through difficulties") Kentucky               English: United we stand, divided we fallLatin: Deo gratiam habeamus  (Latin, "Let us be grateful to God"; adopted in 2002) Louisiana              Union, justice, and confidence  Maine                  Dirigo  (Latin, "I direct") Maryland               Fatti maschi, parole femmine / Scuto bonae voluntatis coronasti nos / crescite et multiplicamini  (Italian, "Strong deeds, gentle words") / (Latin "By the shield of your good will you have crowned us") / (Latin "grow and multiply") Massachusetts          Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem  (Latin, "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty") Michigan               Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice / Tuebor (Latin, "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you") / (Latin, "I will defend") Minnesota              L’étoile du Nord / Quae sursum volo videre (French, "The star of the North") / (Latin, "I long to see what is beyond") Mississippi            Virtute et armis  (Latin, "By valor and arms") Missouri               Salus populi suprema lex esto  (Latin, "The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law") Montana                Oro y plata  (Spanish, "Gold and silver") Nebraska               Equality before the law  Nevada                 All for our country  New Hampshire          Live free or die  New Jersey            Liberty and Prosperity New Mexico             Crescit eundo  (Latin, "It grows by going") New York               Excelsior!  (Latin, "Ever Upward!") North Carolina         Esse quam videri  (Latin, "To be, rather than to seem") North Dakota           Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable / Strength from the soil  Daniel Webster quote used on the Great Seal / motto used on the Coat of Arms Ohio                   With God, all things are possible / Imperium in imperio (Latin "an empire in an empire") (an empire in an empire was repealed) Oklahoma               Labor omnia vincit  (Latin, "Hard work conquers all things") Oregon                 The Union, and Alis volat propriis  (Latin, "She flies with her own wings") Pennsylvania           Virtue, Liberty and Independence  Rhode Island           Hope  South Carolina         Dum spiro spero / animis opibusque parati  (Latin, "While I breathe, I hope" / "prepared in minds and resources") South Dakota           Under God the people rule  Tennessee              Agriculture and Commerce  Texas                  Friendship Utah                   Industry  Vermont                Freedom and Unity and Stella quarta decima fulgeat (Latin, "May the 14th star shine bright") Virginia               Sic semper tyrannis   (Latin, "Thus always to tyrants") Washington             Al-ki  (Chinook Jargon, "By and by") West Virginia          Montani semper liberi  (Latin, "Mountaineers are always free") Wisconsin              Forward Wyoming                Equal Rights and Cedant arma togae.  (Latin, "Let weapons yield to the toga.")

 District of Columbia and United States Territories 
 Jurisdiction  Motto  Translation (If applicable) American Samoa  Samoa, Muamua Le Atua   (Samoan, "Samoa, Let God be First") District of Columbia  Justitia Omnibus  (Latin, "Justice for all") Puerto Rico  Joannes Est Nomen Eius  (Latin, "John is his name")  In honor of San Juan, i.e. John the Baptist Guam  Where America's Day Begins  Virgin Islands  United in Pride and Hope 

Related pages
 List of U.S. state nicknames

References

 Other websites 
 http://www.cco.net/~paz/motto&songs.htm 
 Kentucky's newer motto

Mottos, List of U.S. state
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