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" or "Deeds are male, words are female", but more accurately translated as "strong deeds, gentle words." )
|
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")
|
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 |
|
Last updated: 02-17-2005 13:32:39