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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
Dirigo
I lead
Maine
Under God the people rule
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South Dakota
With God, all things are possible
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Ohio
Live free or die
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New Hampshire
Labor omnia vincit
Labor conquers all things
Oklahoma
United in pride and hope
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U.S. Virgin Islands
Virtue, liberty, and independence
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Pennsylvania
L-Étoile du Nord
The star of the North
Minnesota
Stella quarta decima fulgeat
May the fourteenth star shine bright
Vermont
Equality before the law
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Nebraska
Audemus jura nostra defendere
We dare defend our rights
Alabama
Deo gratiam habeamus
Let us be grateful to God
Kentucky
Joannes Est Nomen Ejus
John is his name
Puerto Rico
Agriculture and commerce
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Tennessee
Industry
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Utah
Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
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Iowa
Crossroads of America
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Indiana
Friendship
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Texas
Ditat Deus
God enriches
Arizona
Hope
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Rhode Island
Justitia Omnibus
Justice for all
District of Columbia
North to the Future
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Alaska
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties
Kansas
Liberty and prosperity
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New Jersey
Esse quam videri
To be, rather than to seem
North Carolina
Union, justice, confidence
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Louisiana
Dum spiro spero
While I breathe, I hope
South Carolina
Motto
English
State
Montana semper liberi
Mountaineers are always free
West Virginia
Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit
One shows for the benefit of another age
North Dakota
Equal rights
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Wyoming
Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted still sustains
Connecticut
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Michigan
Salus populi suprema lex esto
Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
Missouri
Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina I ka pono
The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
Hawai'i
Wisdom, Justice, Moderation
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Georgia
Esto perpetua
Let it be perpetual
Idaho
All For Our Country
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Nevada
Eureka
I have found it
California
Sic semper tyrannis
Thus always to tyrants
Virginia
Virtue et armis
By valor and arms
Mississippi
State sovereignty, national union
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Illinois
Forward
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Wisconsin
Fatti maschi, parole femine
Strong deeds, gentle words
Maryland
Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietem
By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
Massachusetts
Excelsior
Ever upward
New York
Liberty and Independence
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Delaware
Regnat populus
The people rule
Arkansas
Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
New Mexico
Alis volat propriis
She flies with her own wings
Oregon
Oro y plata
Gold and silver
Montana
Nil sine numine
Nothing without providence
Colorado
Al-ki
By and by
Washington
In God We Trust
-
Florida
Samoa, Muamua Le Atua
Samoa, let Atua be first
American Samoa
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2 Comments
OvenBobat
+1
Level 65
Jan 14, 2026
Maybe make them not in alphabetical order?
Cypress981
+2
Level 59
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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