State Mottoes

State Mottoes

Read the following alphabetical list of the 50 states to discover each state's motto.

1. Alabama          Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)
2. Alaska              North to the Future
3. Arizona            Ditat Deus (God enriches)
4. Arkansas         Regnat populus (The people rule)
5. California        Eureka (I have found it)
6. Colorado         Nil sine Numine (Nothing without Providence)
7. Connecticut     Qui transtulit sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains)
8. Delaware         Liberty and independence
9. Florida             In God we trust (1868)
10. Georgia           Wisdom, justice, and moderation
11. Hawaii             Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)
12. Idaho               Esto perpetua (It is forever)
13. Illinois             State sovereignty, national union
14. Indiana           The Crossroads of America
15. Iowa                Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
16. Kansas            Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)
17. Kentucky        United we stand, divided we fall
18. Louisiana        Union, justice, and confidence
19. Maine              Dirigo (I lead)
20. Maryland         Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)
21. Massachusetts    Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
22. Michigan         Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)
23. Minnesota       L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)
24. Mississippi      Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
25. Missouri         Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)
26. Montana         Oro y plata (Gold and silver)
27. Nebraska        Equality before the law
28. Nevada           All for Our Country
29. New Hampshire    Live free or die
30. New Jersey    Liberty and prosperity
31. New Mexico    Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)
32. New York      Excelsior (Ever upward)
33. North Carolina    Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)
34. North Dakota    Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable
35. Ohio              With God all things are possible
36. Oklahoma    Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)
37. Oregon        Alis volat Propriis (She flies with her own wings) (1987)
38. Pennsylvania    Virtue, liberty, and independence
39. Rhode Island    Hope
40. South Carolina    Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)
41. South Dakota    Under God the people rule
42. Tennessee    Agriculture and Commerce (1987)
43. Texas           Friendship
44. Utah             Industry
45. Vermont       Vermont, Freedom and Unity
46. Virginia        Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)
47. Washington    Al-Ki (Indian word meaning “by and by”)
48. West Virginia    Montani semper liberi (Mountaineers are always free)
49. Wisconsin     Forward
50. Wyoming      Equal rights (1955)