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 to 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" or "Nothing without the Deity")
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 difficulties")
Kentucky	Deo gratiam habeamus	(Latin, "We give thanks to God"; adopted in 2002, formerly United we stand, divided we fall)
Louisiana	Union, justice, and confidence
Maine	Dirigo	(Latin, "I direct")
Maryland	Fatti maschi, parole femmine	(Italian, "Manly deeds, womanly words")
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 around you") / (Latin, "It will be defended")
Minnesota	L'étoile du Nord (Official state motto) / Quae sursum volo videre (Territorial motto never repealed)	(French, "The star of the North") / (Latin, "I long to see what is beyond")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, "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, "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
Oklahoma	Labor vincit omnia	(Latin, "Labor 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	(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''

Insular Areas and DC

Jurisdiction	Motto	Translation (If applicable)
American Samoa	Samoa, Muamua Le Atua	(Samoan, "Samoa, Let God be First")
District of Columbia	Justitia Omnibus	(Latin, "Justice for all")
Puerto Rico	Joannes Est Nomen Eius	(Latin, "John is his name")
Guam	Where America's Day Begins
Virgin Islands	United in Pride and Hope

External links

*http://www.cco.net/~paz/motto&songs.htm
*Kentucky's newer motto