State Mottoes Flashcards

1
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Alabama

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Audemus iura nostra defendere - we dare to defend our rights

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2
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Arizona

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Ditat Deus - God enriches

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3
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Arkansas

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Regnat Populus - the people rule

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4
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California

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Eureka - I have found it

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5
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Colorado

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Nil sine numine - nothing without divine guideance

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Connecticut

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Qui transtulit, sustinet - he who has transplanted, sustains

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7
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Dist. of Colombia

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Iustitia omnibus - justice for all

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8
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Idaho

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Esto Perpetua - may she last forever

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9
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Kansas

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Ad astra per aspera - To the stars through difficulty

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10
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Kentucky

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Deo gratiam habeamus - let us be grateful to god

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11
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Maine

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Dirigo - I point the way

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12
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Maryland

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  1. Scuto bonae voluntatis Tuae, coronasti nos - with the shield of your good will, you have covered us
  2. Crescite et multiplicamini - grow and multiply (rarely used)
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Massachusetts

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Ense petit placedam sub libertate quietem - with the sword, she seeks calm peace under liberty

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Michigan

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Si quaeris paeninsulam amoenam, circumspice - if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about

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15
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Mississippi

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Virtute et Armis - by valor and arms

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16
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Missouri

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Salus populi suprema lex esto - the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law

17
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New Mexico

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Crescit Eundo - it grows as it goes

18
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New York

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Excelsior - ever upward

19
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North Carolina

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esse quam videri - to be rather than to seem

20
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North Dakota

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serit ut alteri saeclo prosit - one sows so that it benefits another age

21
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Ohio

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Imperium in imperio - an empire in an empire

22
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Oklahoma

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labor omnia vincit - Work conquers all

23
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Oregon

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Alis volat propriis - she flies on her own wings

24
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South Carolina

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  1. Dum spiro spero - while I breathe, I hope
  2. Animis opibusque parati - prepared in mind and in resources
25
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Virginia

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Sic semper tyrannis - thus ever to tyrants

26
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West Virginia

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Montani semper liberi - Mountaineers are always free

27
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Wyoming

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Cedant arma togae - Let arms yield to the toga