May. 22, 2006 - State Mottos
ALABAMA ~ Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere ~ Latin ~ We Dare Defend 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
CONNECTICUT ~ Qui Transtulit Sustinet ~ Latin ~ He Who Transplanted Sustains
DELAWARE ~ Liberty and Independence
FLORIDA ~ In God We Trust
GEORGIA ~ Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
HAWAII ~ Ua mau ke ea o ka aina 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 ~ United We Stand, Divided We Fall
Official Latin Motto ~ Deo Gratiam Habeamus ~ Let Us Be Grateful To God
LOUISIANA ~ Union, Justice, and Confidence
MAINE ~ Dirigo ~ Latin ~ I Direct
MARYLAND ~ Fatti Maschii, Parole Femine ~ Italian ~ Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
MASSACHUSETTS ~ Ense Petit Placidam Sub Lebertate Quietem ~ Latin ~ By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty
MICHIGAN ~ Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Cirsumspice ~ Latin ~ If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You
MINNESOTA ~ L'ιtoile Du Nord ~ French ~ The Star of the North
MISSISSIPPI ~ Virtute Et Armis ~ Latin ~ By Valor and Arms
MISSOURI ~ Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto ~ Latin ~ The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme 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 Enundo ~ It Grows as it Goes
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
OHIO ~ With God, All Things Are Possible
OKLAHOMA ~ Labor Vincit Omnia ~ Latin ~ Labor Conquers All Things
OREGON ~ Alis Volat Propriis ~ Latin ~ She Flies With Her Own Wings
PENNSYLVANIA ~ Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
RHODE ISLAND ~ Hope
SOUTH CAROLINA ~ Dum Spiro Spero ~ Latin ~ While I Breathe, I Hope
SOUTH DAKOTA ~ Under God the People Rule
TENNESSEE ~ Agriculture and Commerce
TEXAS ~ Friendship
UTAH ~ Industry
VERMONT ~ Freedom and Unity
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
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