Famous US State & State Motto By Info Lists [87 more lists]

Each state in America has a famous state motto. The motto is inspirational and associated to each state's history. This list includes all the states in the US that have an inspiring American state motto. This list of famous state mottos is alphabetical and can be sorted by any column. Source: Information Please Database

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Alabama

Audemus jura nostra defendere (We dare defend our rights)

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Alaska

North to the Future

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Arizona

Ditat Deus (God enriches)

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Arkansas

Regnat populus (The people rule)

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California

Eureka (I have found it)

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Colorado

Nil sine Numine (Nothing without Providence)

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Connecticut

Qui transtulit sustinet (He who transplanted still sustains)

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Delaware

Liberty and independence

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Florida

In God we trust (1868)

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Georgia

Wisdom, justice, and moderation

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Hawaii

Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka Aina I Ka Pono (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)

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Idaho

Esto perpetua (It is forever)

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Illinois

State sovereignty, national union

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Indiana

The Crossroads of America

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Iowa

Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

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Kansas

Ad astra per aspera (To the stars through difficulties)

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Kentucky

United we stand, divided we fall

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Louisiana

Union, justice, and confidence

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Maine

Dirigo (I lead)

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Maryland

Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)

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Massachusetts

Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem (By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)

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Michigan

Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you)

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Minnesota

L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)

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Mississippi

Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

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Missouri

Salus populi suprema lex esto (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law)

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Montana

Oro y plata (Gold and silver)

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Nebraska

Equality before the law

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Nevada

All for Our Country

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New Hampshire

Live free or die

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New Jersey

Liberty and prosperity

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New Mexico

Crescit eundo (It grows as it goes)

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New York

Excelsior (Ever upward)

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North Carolina

Esse quam videri (To be rather than to seem)

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North Dakota

Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable

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Ohio

With God all things are possible

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Oklahoma

Labor omnia vincit (Labor conquers all things)

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Oregon

Alis volat Propriis (She flies with her own wings) (1987)

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Pennsylvania

Virtue, liberty, and independence

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Rhode Island

Hope

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South Carolina

Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)

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South Dakota

Under God the people rule

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Tennessee

Agriculture and Commerce (1987)

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Texas

Friendship

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Utah

Industry

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Vermont

Vermont, Freedom and Unity

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Virginia

Sic semper tyrannis (Thus always to tyrants)

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Washington

Al-Ki (Indian word meaning “by and by”)

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West Virginia

Montani semper liberi (Mountaineers are always free)

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Wisconsin

Forward

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Wyoming

Equal rights (1955)

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