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U.S. State Mottos

When given the motto and, if required, its English translation, name the state or territory
Information sourced from en.wikipedia.org
For states with multiple, the Latin one was chosen
Washington has no official motto, the one used is the unofficial
Guam and Northern Mariana Islands are excluded as they have no motto
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Motto
English
State
Virtue, liberty, and independence
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Pennsylvania
Liberty and prosperity
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New Jersey
Alis volat propriis
She flies with her own wings
Oregon
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
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Iowa
Justitia Omnibus
Justice for all
District of Columbia
Regnat populus
The people rule
Arkansas
State sovereignty, national union
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Illinois
North to the Future
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Alaska
With God, all things are possible
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Ohio
Audemus jura nostra defendere
We dare defend our rights
Alabama
Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Massachusetts
Virtue et armis
By valor and arms
Mississippi
Industry
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Utah
Equal rights
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Wyoming
Samoa, Muamua Le Atua
Samoa, let Atua be first
American Samoa
Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
South Carolina
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties
Kansas
Dirigo
I lead
Maine
Forward
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Wisconsin
Stella quarta decima fulgeat
May the fourteenth star shine bright
Vermont
Agriculture and commerce
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Tennessee
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina I ka pono
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
Hawai'i
Crossroads of America
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Indiana
Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit
One shows for the benefit of another age
North Dakota
Nil sine numine
Nothing without providence
Colorado
Fatti maschi, parole femine
Strong deeds, gentle words
Maryland
Equality before the law
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Nebraska
Under God the people rule
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South Dakota
Ditat Deus
God enriches
Arizona
Labor omnia vincit
Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
Liberty and Independence
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Delaware
Friendship
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Texas
Joannes Est Nomen Ejus
John is his name
Puerto Rico
Oro y plata
Gold and silver
Montana
Eureka
I have found it
California
Live free or die
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New Hampshire
In God We Trust
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Florida
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Michigan
Union, justice, confidence
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Louisiana
Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted still sustains
Connecticut
Wisdom, Justice, Moderation
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Georgia
United in pride and hope
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U.S. Virgin Islands
Montana semper liberi
Mountaineers are always free
West Virginia
All For Our Country
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Nevada
Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
North Carolina
Sic semper tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
Esto perpetua
Let it be perpetual
Idaho
Salus populi suprema lex esto
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
Missouri
Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
New Mexico
Excelsior
Ever upward
New York
Deo gratiam habeamus
Let us be grateful to God
Kentucky
Al-ki
By and by
Washington
L-Étoile du Nord
The star of the North
Minnesota
Hope
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Rhode Island
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2 Comments
OvenBobat
+1
Level 65
Jan 14, 2026
Maybe make them not in alphabetical order?
Cypress981
+2
Level 58
Jan 14, 2026
I was going to have them be random but then I can't have any text in the answer boxes that are manually edited to be only text
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