| US State |
State Motto |
US State |
State Motto |
|
Alabama |
Audemus jura nostra defendere
(We dare defend our rights) |
Montana |
Oro y plata
(Gold and silver) |
|
Alaska |
North to the future |
Nebraska |
Equality before the law |
|
Arizona |
Ditat Deus
(God enriches) |
Nevada |
All For Our Country and Battle Born |
|
Arkansas |
Regnat populus
(The people rule) |
New Hampshire |
Live Free or Die |
|
California |
Eureka
(I have found it) |
New Jersey |
Liberty and prosperity |
|
Colorado |
Nil sine numine
(Nothing without the Deity) |
New Mexico |
Crescit eundo
(It grows as it goes) |
|
Connecticut |
Qui transtulit sustinet
(He who transplanted sustains) |
New York |
Excelsior
(Ever upward) |
|
Delaware |
Liberty and Independence |
North Carolina |
Esse quam videri
(To be, rather than to seem) |
|
Florida |
In God We Trust |
North Dakota |
Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable |
|
Georgia |
Wisdom, justice, and moderation |
Ohio |
With God, all things are possible |
|
Hawaii |
Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono
(The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) |
Oklahoma |
Labor omnia vincit
(Labor conquers all things) |
|
Idaho |
Esto perpetua
(Let it be perpetual) |
Oregon |
Alis volat propriis
(She flies with her own wings) |
|
Illinois |
State sovereignty, national union |
Pennsylvania |
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence |
|
Indiana |
The Crossroads of America |
Rhode Island |
Hope |
|
Iowa |
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain |
South Carolina |
Dum spiro spero Animis opibusque parati
(While I breathe, I hope
Ready in soul and resource) |
|
Kansas |
Ad astra per aspera
(To the stars through difficulties) |
South Dakota |
Under God the people rule |
|
Kentucky |
United we stand, divided we fall |
Tennessee |
Agriculture and Commerce |
|
Louisiana |
Union, justice, confidence |
Texas |
Friendship |
|
Maine |
Dirigo
(I lead) |
Utah |
Industry |
|
Maryland |
Fatti maschii, parole femine
(Manly deeds, womanly words) |
Vermont |
Freedom and Unity |
|
Massachusetts |
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
(By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) |
Virginia |
Sic semper tyrannis
(Thus always to tyrants) |
|
Michigan |
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) |
Washington |
Al-ki
(By and by) |
|
Minnesota |
L'Étoile du Nord
(The star of the North) |
West Virginia |
Montani semper liberi
(Mountaineers are always free) |
|
Mississippi |
Virtute et armis
(By valor and arms) |
Wisconsin |
Forward |
|
Missouri |
Salus populi suprema lex esto
(Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law) |
Wyoming |
Equal Rights |