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List of U.S. state mottos
Here is a list of state mottos for the states of the United States. 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Iowa | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain | |
| Indiana | The crossroads of America | |
| Kansas | Ad astra per aspera | (Latin, "To the stars through difficulty") |
| Kentucky | United we stand, divided we fall | |
| Louisiana | Union, justice, and confidence | |
| Maine | Dirigo | (Latin, "I direct" or "I lead") |
| Maryland | Fatti maschi, parole femmine | (Italian, literally "Manly deeds, womanly words" presumably conveying the same message as Theodore Roosevelt's famous "speak softly and carry a big stick.") |
| Massachusetts | Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem | (Latin, "By the sword she seeks peace under liberty") |
| Michigan | Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice | (Latin, "If you seek a beautiful peninsula, look around you" — an alteration of the epitaph of Sir Christopher Wren in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.) |
| Minnesota | L'étoile du Nord | (French, "The north star") |
| Mississippi | Virtute et armis | (Latin, "By virtue and arms") |
| Missouri | Salus populi suprema lex esto | (Latin, "Let the good of the people 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 eundo | (Latin, "It grows as it goes") |
| New York | Excelsior | (Latin, "Higher") |
| 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, "Work conquers all") |
| Oregon | Alis volat propiis | (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 |
See also
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