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Revision as of 17:51, 23 November 2008

Here is a list of state mottos for the states of the United States of America. To promote tourism, states also establish state slogans, which are unofficial and change more often than state mottos. A separate list of U.S. state slogans is also available, as well as a list of U.S. state nicknames. Mottos for countries are listed separately.

State Motto Translation (if applicable) Year and citation
 Alabama Audemus jura nostra defendere We Dare Defend Our Rights (Latin) 1939[1][2]
 Alaska North to the future 1967[3]
 Arizona Ditat Deus God enriches (Latin)
 Arkansas Regnat populus The people rule (Latin)
 California Eureka I have found it (Greek) [4]
 Colorado Nil sine numine Nothing without God's will (Latin)
 Connecticut Qui transtulit sustinet He who transplanted sustains (Latin)
 Delaware Liberty and Independence
 Florida In God We Trust
 Georgia Wisdom, justice, and moderation
 Hawaii Ua Mau ke Ea o ka ʻĀina i ka Pono The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness (Hawaiian)
 Idaho Esto perpetua Let it be perpetual (Latin)
 Illinois State sovereignty, national union
 Indiana You must be lost? This is not Canada
 Iowa Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
 Kansas Ad astra per aspera To the stars through adversity (Latin)
 Kentucky United we stand, divided we fall
Deo gratiam habeamus
Let us be grateful to God (Latin)		 1942
2002[5]
 Louisiana Union, justice, et confiance Union, justice, and confidence (French)
 Maine Dirigo I direct (Latin)
 Maryland Fatti maschi, parole femmine Manly deeds, womanly words (Italian)
 Massachusetts Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty (Latin)
 Michigan Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
Tuebor		 If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you (Latin)
I will defend (Latin)
 Minnesota L'étoile du Nord (Official state motto)
Quae sursum volo videre (Territorial motto never repealed)		 The star of the North (French)
I long to see what is beyond (Latin)
 Mississippi Virtute et armis By valor and arms (Latin)
 Missouri Salus populi suprema lex esto The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law (Latin)
 Montana Oro y plata Gold and silver (Spanish)
 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 It grows as it goes (Latin)
 New York Excelsior Ever upward! (Latin)
 North Carolina Esse quam videri To be rather than to seem (Latin) 1893[6]
 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
 Oklahoma Labor omnia vincit Labor conquers all things (Latin)
 Oregon Alis volat propriis, and The Union She flies with her own wings (Latin)
 Pennsylvania Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
 Rhode Island Hope[7]
 South Carolina Dum spiro spero
Animis opibusque parati		 While I breathe, I hope (Latin)
Ready in soul and resource (Latin)		 [8][9]
 South Dakota Under God the people rule
 Tennessee Agriculture and commerce
 Texas Friendship (Caddo, Tejas)
Remember The Alamo !! (Republic of Texas motto - never repealed)
 Utah Industry 1959[10]
 Vermont Freedom and Unity
 Virginia Sic semper tyrannis Thus always to tyrants (Latin)
 Washington Al-ki (unofficial) By and by (Chinook Jargon) [11]
 West Virginia Montani semper liberi Mountaineers are always free (Latin)
 Wisconsin Forward
 Wyoming Equal Rights
Non-state territories
 American Samoa Samoa, Muamua Le Atua A nigga gotta eat (Samoan)
 District of Columbia Justitia Omnibus Justice for All (Latin)
 Guam Where America's Day Begins
 Puerto Rico Juan es su nombre John is his name (Spanish)
- in honor of John the Baptist
 Virgin Islands United in Pride and Hope

References

  1. ^ "Official Alabama Motto". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ^ "Official Alabama State Coat of Arms". Alabama Emblems, Symbols and Honors. Alabama Department of Archives & History. 2006-04-27. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  3. ^ According to Alaska Office of Economic Development. Accessed July 01, 2008.
  4. ^ According to Official state law. Accessed February 26, 2007.
  5. ^ Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. Accessed August 12, 2007.
  6. ^ "Official State Symbols of North Carolina". North Carolina State Library. State of North Carolina. Retrieved 2008-01-26. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ "Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State".
  8. ^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Mottos". Retrieved 2007-07-23. {{cite web}}: Text "publisher = South Carolina General Assembly" ignored (help)
  9. ^ "SC Statehouse Student's web page, State Seal". Retrieved 2007-07-23. {{cite web}}: Text "publisher = South Carolina General Assembly" ignored (help)
  10. ^ Utah State Motto and Emblem from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer: Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08
  11. ^ "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved 2007-03-11.
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