State |
Motto |
Translation |
Language |
| Alabama |
Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere |
We Dare Maintain Our Rights |
Latin |
| Alaska |
North to the Future |
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| Arizona |
Ditat Deus |
God enriches |
Latin |
| Arkansas |
Regnat Populus |
The people rule |
Latin |
| California |
Eureka |
I have found it |
Greek |
| Colorado |
Nil Sine Numine |
Nothing without providence |
Latin |
| Connecticut |
Qui Transtulit Sustinet |
He who transplanted still sustains |
Latin |
| Delaware |
Liberty and independence |
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| Florida |
In God we trust |
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| Georgia |
Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation |
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| Georgia |
Agriculture and Commerce |
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| Hawaii |
Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono |
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness |
Hawaiian |
| Idaho |
Esto Perpetua |
It is perpetual |
Latin |
| Illinois |
State sovereignty, national union |
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| Indiana |
The crossroads of America |
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| Iowa |
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
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| Kansas |
Ad Astra per Aspera |
To the stars through difficulties |
Latin |
| Kentucky |
United we stand, divided we shall fall |
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| Kentucky |
Deo gratiam habeamus |
Let Us Be Grateful to God |
Latin |
| Louisiana |
Union, justice and confidence |
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| Maine |
Dirigo |
I direct |
Latin |
| Maryland |
Fatti Maschii Parole Femine |
Strong Deeds, Gentle 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 |
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you |
Latin |
| Minnesota |
L'Etoile du Nord |
The star of the north |
French |
| Mississippi |
Virtute et Armis |
By valor and arms |
Latin |
| Missouri |
Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto |
The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law |
Latin |
| Montana |
Oro y Plata |
Gold and Silver |
Spanish |
| Nebraska |
Equality before the law |
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| Nevada |
All for our country |
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| New Hampshire |
Live free or die |
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| New Jersey |
Liberty and Prosperity |
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| New Mexico |
Crescit Eundo |
It grows as it goes |
Latin |
| New York |
Excelsior |
Higher |
Latin |
| North Carolina |
Esse Quam Videri |
To be, rather than to seem |
Latin |
| North Dakota |
Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable |
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| Ohio |
With God, all things are possible |
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| Oklahoma |
Labor Omnia Vincit |
Labor conquers all things |
Latin |
| Oregon |
Alis Volat Propriis |
She flies with her own wings |
Latin |
| Pennsylvania |
Virtue, liberty and independence |
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| Rhode Island |
Hope |
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| South Carolina |
Animis Opibusque Parati |
Prepared in mind and resources |
Latin |
| South Carolina |
Dum Spiro Spero |
While I breathe, I hope |
Latin |
| South Dakota |
Under God, the people rule |
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| Tennessee |
Agriculture and commerce |
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| Texas |
Friendship |
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| Utah |
Industry |
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| Vermont |
Freedom and unity |
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| Vermont |
Stella quarta decima fulgea |
May the 14th star shine bright |
Latin |
| Virginia |
Sic Semper Tyrannis |
Thus always to tyrants |
Latin |
| Washington |
Al-ki |
By and by |
NativeAmerican(Chinook) |
| West Virginia |
Montani Semper Liberi |
Mountaineers always free |
Latin |
| Wisconsin |
Forward |
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| Wyoming |
Equal rights |
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| State Names, Flags, Seals, Songs, Birds, Flowers, and Other Symbols, by George Earlie Shankle. 522 pages. Reprint Services Corp; Revised edition (June 1971) Reprint of the 1938 revised edition. The first comprehensive book about our state symbols! From the preface: "This book grew out of the desire of its author to know, about his native state, a great many facts which he found exceedingly difficult to obtain. After three years of research in the Library of Congress, he is able to give to the public this storehouse of information, which could have been gathered from not library less fertile in source material..." |
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