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) |
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Alabama | Audemus jura nostra defendere[1] | (Latin, "We dare to defend our rights" or "We Dare Maintain Our Rights") |
Alaska | North to the Future | |
Arizona | Ditat Deus[2] | (Latin, "God enriches") |
Arkansas | Regnat populus[3] | (Latin, "The people rule") |
California | Eureka[4] | (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") |
Delaware | Liberty and independence | |
Florida | In God we trust[5] | |
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 fall Latin: 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 goes by growing") |
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[6] 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.") |
Official Alabama State Motto
Above the drawing is the Arizona state motto, Ditat Deus, (Latin for "God Enriches")
Latin phrase "Regnat Populus", our state motto
State Motto
"In God We Trust" was adopted by the Florida legislature
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