List of U.S. state mottos

This is a list of mottos for the different states of the United States. To help tourism, states can also make state slogans.

State	Motto	Translation (If applicable)
Alabama	Audemus jura nostra defendere[1]	(Latin, "We dare to defend our rights" or "We Dare Maintain Our Rights")
Alaska	North to the Future
Arizona	Ditat Deus[2]	(Latin, "God enriches")
Arkansas	Regnat populus[3]	(Latin, "The people rule")
California	Eureka[4]	(Greek, "I have found it")
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 independence
Florida	In God we trust[5]
Georgia	Wisdom, Justice, 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 difficulties")
Kentucky	English: United we stand, divided we fall Latin: Deo gratiam habeamus	(Latin, "Let us be grateful to God"; adopted in 2002)
Louisiana	Union, justice, and confidence
Maine	Dirigo	(Latin, "I direct")
Maryland	Fatti maschi, parole femmine / Scuto bonae voluntatis coronasti nos / crescite et multiplicamini	(Italian, "Strong deeds, gentle words") / (Latin "By the shield of your good will you have crowned us") / (Latin "grow and multiply")
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 defend")
Minnesota	L’étoile du Nord / Quae sursum volo videre	(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 goes by growing")
New York	Excelsior!	(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 / Imperium in imperio	(Latin "an empire in an empire") (an empire in an empire was repealed)
Oklahoma	Labor omnia vincit	(Latin, "Hard work conquers all things")
Oregon	The Union, and Alis volat propriis	(Latin, "She flies with her own wings")
Pennsylvania	Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Rhode Island	Hope
South Carolina	Dum spiro spero / animis opibusque parati	(Latin, "While I breathe, I hope" / "prepared in minds and resources")
South Dakota	Under God the people rule
Tennessee	Agriculture and Commerce
Texas	Friendship
Utah	Industry
Vermont	Freedom and Unity[6] and Stella quarta decima fulgeat	(Latin, "May the 14th star shine bright")
Virginia	Sic semper tyrannis	(Latin, "Thus always to tyrants")
Washington	Al-ki	(Chinook Jargon, "By and by")
West Virginia	Montani semper liberi	(Latin, "Mountaineers are always free")
Wisconsin	Forward
Wyoming	Equal Rights and Cedant arma togae.	(Latin, "Let weapons yield to the toga.")

District of Columbia and United States Territories

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

Related pages

• List of U.S. state nicknames