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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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“Ad astra per aspera”
To the stars through difficulties
Kansas
“Montani semper liberi”
Mountaineers are always free
West Virginia
“Deo gratiam habeamus”
Let us be grateful to God
Kentucky
“Audemus jura nostra defendere”
We dare defend our rights
Alabama
“Esto perpetua”
Let it be perpetual
Idaho
“Ditat Deus”
God enriches
Arizona
“Qui transtulit sustinet”
He who transplanted still sustains
Connecticut
“Justitia Omnibus”
Justice for all
Washington D.C.
“Labor omnia vincit”
Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
“Dum spiro spero”
While I breathe, I hope

“Animis opibusque parati”
Ready in soul and resource
South Carolina
“Sic semper tyrannis”
Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
“Excelsior”
It grows as it goes
New York
“Esse quam videri”
To be, rather then to seem
North Carolina
“Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice”
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Michigan
“Virtute et armis”
By valor and arms
Mississippi
“Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit”
One sows for the benefit of another age
North Dakota
“Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem”
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Massachussets
“Alis volat propriis”
She flies with her own wings
Oregon
“Crescit eundo”
It grows as it goes
New Mexico
“Dirigo”
I lead
Maine
“Joannes est nomen ejus”
John is his name
Puerto Rico
“Regnat populus”
The people rule
Arkansas
“Nil sine numine”
Nothing without providence
Colorado
“Stella quarta decima fulgeat”
May the fourteenth star shine bright
Vermont
“Salus populi suprema lex esto”
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
Missouri
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