Opinion ID: 768474
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Heading: Adoption Of The Motto

Text: 42 The words were adopted as the official state motto in 1959 by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, Ohio Rev. Code § 506, 5 following the suggestion of a 12 year old Cincinnati school boy. In publicizing its adoption, and the suggestion that October 1, the day the motto became official, be designated as motto day in Ohio, the Secretary of State said in a press release: 43 The boy started petitioning the Legislature when he was 9 years old, [sic] Jimmy chose a verse in the New Testament, Matthew 19:26, But Jesus beheld them and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God, all things are possible, from which to draw the official motto.