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|''[[Dum spiro spero |
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|While I breathe, I hope |
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|''[[Animis opibusque parati]]'' |
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|Ready in soul and resource |
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Latest revision as of 11:38, 3 September 2022
Note: Sandbox copy of table from List of U.S. state and territory mottos.
State, federal district and territory mottos
[edit]State federal district or territory |
Motto | English translation | Language | Date | Ref(s) |
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Alabama | Audemus jura nostra defendere | We dare defend our rights | Latin | 1923 | [1] |
Alaska | North to the Future | — | English | 1967 | [2] |
American Samoa | Samoa, Muamua Le Atua | Samoa, let God be first | Samoan | 1973 | [3] |
Arizona | Ditat Deus | God enriches | Latin | 1863 | [4][5] |
Arkansas | Regnat populus[N 1] | The people rule | Latin | 1907 | [6] |
California | Eureka (Εὕρηκα) | I have found it | Greek | 1849[N 2] | [7] |
Colorado | Nil sine numine | Nothing without providence | Latin | November 6, 1861 | [8] |
Connecticut | Qui transtulit sustinet | He who transplanted still sustains | Latin | October 9, 1662 | [9] |
Delaware | Liberty and Independence | — | English | 1847 | [10] |
District of Columbia | Justitia Omnibus | Justice for All | Latin | August 3, 1871 | [11] |
Florida | In God We Trust | — | English | 1868[N 3] | [12] |
Georgia | Wisdom, Justice, Moderation[N 4] | — | English | 1798 | [14][15][13] |
Guam | — | — | — | — | [16] |
Hawaii | Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono | The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness | Hawaiian | July 31, 1843[N 5] | [18][17] |
Idaho | Esto perpetua | Let it be perpetual | Latin | 1890 | [19] |
Illinois | State sovereignty, national union | — | English | 1819 | [20] |
Indiana | The Crossroads of America | — | English | 1937 | [21] |
Iowa | Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain | — | English | 1847 | [22] |
Kansas | Ad astra per aspera | To the stars through difficulties | Latin | 1861 | [23] |
Kentucky | United we stand, divided we fall | — | English | 1942 | [24] |
Deo gratiam habeamus | Let us be grateful to God | Latin | 2002 | [25] | |
Louisiana | Union, justice, confidence | — | English | 1902 | [26] |
Maine | Dirigo | I lead | Latin | 1820 | [27] |
Maryland | Fatti maschi, parole femine | Strong deeds, gentle words | Italian | 1874 | [28][29] |
Massachusetts | Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem | By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty | Latin | 1775 | [30] |
Michigan | Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice | If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you | Latin | June 2, 1835 | [31][32] |
Minnesota | L'étoile du Nord[N 6] | The star of the North | French | 1861 | [33] |
Mississippi | Virtute et armis | By valor and arms | Latin | February 7, 1894 | [34] |
Missouri | Salus populi suprema lex esto | Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law | Latin | January 11, 1822 | [35] |
Montana | Oro y plata | Gold and silver | Spanish | February 9, 1865 | [36] |
Nebraska | Equality before the law | — | English | 1867 | [37] |
Nevada | All For Our Country[N 7] | — | English | February 24, 1866 | [38] |
New Hampshire | Live Free or Die | — | English | 1945 | [39] |
New Jersey | Liberty and prosperity | — | English | March 26, 1928 | [40] |
New Mexico | Crescit eundo | It grows as it goes | Latin | 1887[N 8] | [41] |
New York | Excelsior | Ever upward | Latin | 1778 | [42] |
North Carolina | Esse quam videri | To be, rather than to seem | Latin | 1893 | [43] |
North Dakota | Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable | — | English | January 3, 1863 | [44][45] |
Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit | One sows for the benefit of another age | Latin | March 11, 2011 | [46] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | — | — | — | — | [16] |
Ohio | With God, all things are possible[N 9] | — | English | October 1, 1959 | [48][47] |
Oklahoma | Labor omnia vincit | Labor conquers all things | Latin | March 10, 1893[N 10] [N 11] | [51][49][50] |
Oregon | Alis volat propriis | She flies with her own wings | Latin | 1854[N 12] | [52] |
Pennsylvania | Virtue, liberty, and independence | — | English | 1875 | [53] |
Puerto Rico | Joannes Est Nomen Ejus | John is his name | Latin | 1511[N 13] | [54][55] |
Rhode Island | Hope | — | English | May 4, 1664 | [56] |
South Carolina | Dum spiro spero | While I breathe, I hope | Latin | May 22, 1777 | [57] |
Animis opibusque parati | Ready in soul and resource | Latin | |||
South Dakota | Under God the people rule | — | English | 1885 | [58] |
Tennessee | Agriculture and Commerce | — | English | May 24, 1802[N 14] | [59] |
Texas | Friendship | — | English | 1930 | [60] |
Utah | Industry | — | English | May 3, 1896[N 15] | [61][62] |
Vermont | Freedom and Unity | — | English | February 20, 1779 | [63] |
Stella quarta decima fulgeat | May the fourteenth star shine bright | Latin | April 10, 2015 | [64][65] | |
Virginia | Sic semper tyrannis | Thus always to tyrants | Latin | 1776 | [66] |
Virgin Islands | United in Pride and Hope | — | English | January 1, 1991 | [67] |
Washington | Al-ki or Alki (Unofficial)[N 16] | By and by | Chinook Jargon | — | [68] |
West Virginia | Montani semper liberi | Mountaineers are always free | Latin | September 26, 1863 | [69] |
Wisconsin | Forward | — | English | 1851 | [70] |
Wyoming | Equal Rights | — | English | 1893 | [71] |
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- ^ "State Symbols". State of Alaska. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Sorensen, Stan; Theroux, Joseph. "The Samoan Historical Calendar, 1607-2007" (PDF). American Samoa Government. p. 57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
- ^ "Arizona State Seal". State of Arizona. Archived from the original on 2009-06-10. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "History of the Arizona State Seal". Arizona Secretary of State. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "The Great Seal of Arkansas" (PDF). State of Arkansas. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ a b "History and Culture - State Symbols". State of California. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Colorado State Archives Symbols & Emblems". State of Colorado. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Sites, Seals & Symbols". State of Connecticut. June 9, 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Delaware Facts and Symbols". State of Delaware. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "About District of Columbia". District of Columbia. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ a b "What is the state motto of Florida?". State of Florida. Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ a b "Government - Georgia State Motto". GeorgiaInfo. Digital Library of Georgia. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "State Seal". State of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2014-05-24. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Georgia State Symbols". State of Georgia. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
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- ^ "Hawaii, the Aloha State". State of Hawaii. 2009-01-14. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
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- ^ "Seal of the State of Illinois". State of Illinois. Archived from the original on 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Emblems" (PDF). State of Indiana. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Iowa State Symbols". State of Iowa. Archived from the original on 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Kansas Seal". State of Kansas. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Kentucky's State Symbols". Commonwealth of Kentucky. 2008-01-29. Archived from the original on 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ The Latin motto was adopted by HB 857 and is defined by KRS 2.105 Archived 2013-06-05 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Kids' Page". State of Louisiana. Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Emblems". State of Maine. Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Maryland State Seal - Great Seal of Maryland (reverse)". Maryland State Archives. State of Maryland. April 21, 2005. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Maryland State Seal - Great Seal of Maryland". Maryland State Archives. State of Maryland. June 17, 2004. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Massachusetts Facts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "History of the Great Seal". State of Michigan. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "State Motto". State of Michigan. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Minnesota State Symbols". State of Minnesota. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
- ^ "State of Mississippi Symbols". State of Mississippi. Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "The Great Seal of Missouri". State of Missouri. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "About the State Seal". State of Montana. Archived from the original on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "State Seal". State of Nebraska. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Nevada Information". State of Nevada. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "State Emblem". New Hampshire Almanac. State of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey". State of New Jersey. Archived from the original on 2009-01-15. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Great Seal of New Mexico". State of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "New York State Flag and Great Seal of the State of New York". State of New York. March 31, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "The State Symbols". State Library of North Carolina. State of North Carolina. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "State Motto". State of North Dakota. Archived from the original on 2009-02-11. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ Kingsbury, George. History of Dakota Territory (1915). Retrieved from the Internet Archive 12 May 2014.
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- ^ a b "Great Seal of Ohio". Ohio History. Ohio Historical Society. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
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- ^ a b "Grand Seal of the Territory of Oklahoma" (PDF). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
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- ^ a b "State Motto Timeline". State of Oregon. Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Symbols". Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original on 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Escudo de Puerto Rico" (in Spanish). Government of Puerto Rico. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
- ^ "Description". Welcome to Puerto Rico. March 16, 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "State Symbols". State of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Seals, Flags, House & Senate Emblems". State of South Carolina. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
- ^ "Signs and Symbols of South Dakota". State of South Dakota. Archived from the original on 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Tennessee Symbols And Honors" (PDF). Tennessee Blue Book. State of Tennessee. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Texas State Symbols". Texas State Library. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b "Utah State Motto and Emblem". State of Utah. Archived from the original on 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2009-02-07.
- ^ "Great Seal of the State of Utah". State of Utah. Archived from the original on 2009-03-31. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
- ^ "491. Coat of arms; crest; motto and badge". The Vermont Statutes Online. State of Vermont. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
- ^ "S.2" (PDF). Vermont Legislature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-04-11.
- ^ Thurston, Jack (10 April 2015). "After Confusion and Controversy, Vermont Gets New Latin Motto". NECN. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
- ^ "State Symbols, Seals and Emblems". Commonwealth of Virginia. November 12, 2008. Archived from the original on January 15, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "Legislative Seal". Legislature of the Virgin Islands. Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ a b "Symbols of Washington State". Washington State Legislature. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
- ^ "State Seal of West Virginia". State of West Virginia. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Wisconsin State Symbols" (PDF). Wisconsin Blue Book. State of Wisconsin. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ "Great Seal". Wyoming Secretary of State's Office. Archived from the original on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
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