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Here is a 'list of state mottos' for the states of the United States. To promote tourism, states also establish state slogans, which are unofficial and change more often than state mottos. A separate list of U.S. state slogans is also available, as well as a list of U.S. state nicknames.
Mottos for countries are listed separately.

State	Motto	Translation (If applicable)	Year & Citation
Alabama	''Audemus jura nostra defendere''	(Latin, We dare to defend our rights)	1939[1][2]
Alaska	''North to the future''
Arizona	''Ditat Deus''	(Latin, God enriches)
Arkansas	''Regnat populus''	(Latin, The people rule)
California	''Eureka''	(Greek, I have found it)	[3]
Colorado	''Nil sine numine''	(Latin, Nothing without Providence or Nothing without the Deity)
Connecticut	''Qui transtulit sustinet''	(Latin, He who transplanted sustains)
Delaware	''Liberty and justice''
Florida	''In God we trust''
Georgia	''Wisdom, justice, and moderation''
Hawaii	''Ua mau ke ea o ka āina i ka pono''	(Hawaiian, The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness)
Idaho	''Esto perpetua''	(Latin, Let it be perpetual)
Illinois	''State sovereignty, national union''
Indiana	''The crossroads of America''
Iowa	''Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain''
Kansas	''Ad astra per aspera''	(Latin, To the stars through adversity)
Kentucky	English: United we stand, divided we fall Latin: ''Deo gratiam habeamus''	(Latin, Let us be grateful to God''	1942 2002[4]
Louisiana	''Union, justice, et confidence''	(French, Union, justice, and confidence)
Maine	''Dirigo''	(Latin, "I direct")
Maryland	''Fatti maschi, parole femmine''	(Italian, Manly deeds, womanly words)
Massachusetts	''Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem''	(Latin, By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)
Michigan	''Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice'' ''Tuebor''	(Latin, If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) (Latin, I will be defended)
Minnesota	''L'étoile du Nord'' (Official state motto) ''Quae sursum volo videre'' (Territorial motto never repealed)	(French, The star of the North) (Latin, I long to see what is beyond)
Mississippi	''Virtute et armis''	(Latin, By valor and arms)
Missouri	''Salus populi suprema lex esto''	(Latin, The Welfare of the People is the Highest Law)
Montana	''Oro y plata''	(Spanish, Gold and silver)
Nebraska	''Equality before the law''
Nevada	''All for our country''
New Hampshire	''Live free or die''
New Jersey	''Liberty and prosperity''
New Mexico	''Crescit eundo''	(Latin, It grows as it goes)
New York	''	(Latin, Ever Upward!)
North Carolina	''Esse quam videri''	(Latin, To be rather than to seem)
North Dakota	''Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable'' ''Strength from the soil''	Daniel Webster quote used on the Great Seal Motto used on the Coat of Arms
Ohio	''With God, all things are possible''
Oklahoma	''Labor omnia vincit''	(Latin, Labor conquers all things)
Oregon	''Alis volat propriis'', and ''The Union''	(Latin, She flies with her own wings)
Pennsylvania	''Virtue, liberty, and independence''
Rhode Island	''Hope''
South Carolina	''Dum spiro spero''	(Latin, While I breathe, I hope)	1777[5][6]
	''Animis opibusque parati''	(Latin, Ready in soul and resource)
South Dakota	''Under God the people rule''
Tennessee	''Agriculture and commerce''
Texas	''Friendship''
Utah	''Industry''
Vermont	''Freedom and Unity''
Virginia	''Sic semper tyrannis''	(Latin, Thus always to tyrants)
Washington	''Al-ki'' (unofficial)	(Chinook Jargon, By and by)	[7]
West Virginia	''Montani semper liberi''	(Latin, Mountaineers are always free)
Wisconsin	''Forward''
Wyoming	''Equal rights''

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Insular Areas and DC

References

Insular Areas and DC

Jurisdiction	Motto	Translation (If applicable)
American Samoa	''Samoa, Muamua Le Atua ''	(Samoan, Samoa, Let God be First)
District of Columbia	''Justitia Omnibus''	(Latin, Justice for all)
Puerto Rico	''Joannes Est Nomen Eius''	(Latin, John is his name) In honor of San Juan, i.e. John the Baptist
Guam	''Where America's Day Begins''
Virgin Islands	''United in Pride and Hope''

References

1. Official Alabama Motto
2. Official Alabama State Coat of Arms
3. According to Official state law. Accessed February 26, 2007.
4. Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives. Accessed August 12, 2007.
5. SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Mottos''
6. SC Statehouse Student's web page, ''State Seal''
7. Symbols of Washington State


★ United State Mottos & Songs

★ Kentucky's newer motto