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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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“Audemus jura nostra defendere”
We dare defend our rights
Alabama
“Virtute et armis”
By valor and arms
Mississippi
“Qui transtulit sustinet”
He who transplanted still sustains
Connecticut
“Ditat Deus”
God enriches
Arizona
“Labor omnia vincit”
Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
“Esse quam videri”
To be, rather then to seem
North Carolina
“Justitia Omnibus”
Justice for all
Washington D.C.
“Nil sine numine”
Nothing without providence
Colorado
“Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem”
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Massachussets
“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice”
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Michigan
“Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit”
One sows for the benefit of another age
North Dakota
“Joannes est nomen ejus”
John is his name
Puerto Rico
“Regnat populus”
The people rule
Arkansas
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“Stella quarta decima fulgeat”
May the fourteenth star shine bright
Vermont
“Ad astra per aspera”
To the stars through difficulties
Kansas
“Deo gratiam habeamus”
Let us be grateful to God
Kentucky
“Alis volat propriis”
She flies with her own wings
Oregon
“Sic semper tyrannis”
Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
“Excelsior”
It grows as it goes
New York
“Montani semper liberi”
Mountaineers are always free
West Virginia
“Crescit eundo”
It grows as it goes
New Mexico
“Salus populi suprema lex esto”
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
Missouri
“Dirigo”
I lead
Maine
“Esto perpetua”
Let it be perpetual
Idaho
“Dum spiro spero”
While I breathe, I hope

“Animis opibusque parati”
Ready in soul and resource
South Carolina
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