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U.S. States by Latin Motto

Can you Identify all 26 Latin U.S. States mottos?
Only Latin mottos are included, states that have a secondary Latin mottoes are included.
Includes the Nation’s Capital (District of Columbia) and 1 Territory.
Includes both mottos for the state that has 2.
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Last updated: January 29, 2026
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“Esto perpetua”
Let it be perpetual
Idaho
“Crescit eundo”
It grows as it goes
New Mexico
“Qui transtulit sustinet”
He who transplanted still sustains
Connecticut
“Ad astra per aspera”
To the stars through difficulties
Kansas
“Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit”
One sows for the benefit of another age
North Dakota
“Excelsior”
It grows as it goes
New York
“Regnat populus”
The people rule
Arkansas
“Audemus jura nostra defendere”
We dare defend our rights
Alabama
“Dirigo”
I lead
Maine
“Nil sine numine”
Nothing without providence
Colorado
“Dum spiro spero”
While I breathe, I hope

“Animis opibusque parati”
Ready in soul and resource
South Carolina
“Deo gratiam habeamus”
Let us be grateful to God
Kentucky
“Ditat Deus”
God enriches
Arizona
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“Stella quarta decima fulgeat”
May the fourteenth star shine bright
Vermont
“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice”
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Michigan
“Sic semper tyrannis”
Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
“Montani semper liberi”
Mountaineers are always free
West Virginia
“Virtute et armis”
By valor and arms
Mississippi
“Salus populi suprema lex esto”
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
Missouri
“Justitia Omnibus”
Justice for all
Washington D.C.
“Joannes est nomen ejus”
John is his name
Puerto Rico
“Alis volat propriis”
She flies with her own wings
Oregon
“Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem”
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Massachussets
“Esse quam videri”
To be, rather then to seem
North Carolina
“Labor omnia vincit”
Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
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