State Mottoes Flashcards
District of Columbia
Iustitia omnibus
Justice for all
Kansas
Ad astra per aspera
To the stars through difficulties
Wyoming
Cedant arma togae
Let arms yield to the toga
Idaho
Esto perpetua
May it last forever
West Virginia
Montani semper liberi
Mountaineers are always free
New York
Excelsior
Ever upward/higher
North Carolina
Esse quam videri
To be rather than to seem
Oaklahoma
Labor omnia vincit
Work conquers all
Arkansas
Regnat Populus
The people rule
Arizona
Ditat deus
God enriches
Michigan
Si quaeris paeninsulam amoenam circumspice
If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you
Mississippi
Virtute et armis
By valor and arms
South Carolina
Dum spiro, spero
While there’s life, there’s hope
Animus opibusque parati
Prepared in mind and resources
Maryland
Scuto bonae voluntatis Tuae coronasti nos
With the shield of Thy goodwill Thou has covered us
Massachusetts
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem
With the sword she seeks calm peace under liberty
Maine
Dirigo
I point the way
New Mexico
Crescit eundo
It grows as it goes
Colorado
Nil sine numine
Nothing without divine guidance
Connecticut
Qui transtulit sustinet
He who transplanted, sustains
Virginia
Sic semper tyrannis
Thus ever to tyrants
Alabama
Audemus iura nostra defendere
We dare defend our rights
Missouri
Salus populi suprema lex esto
The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
Oregon
Alis volat propriis
He flies by his own wings
California
Eureka
I’ve found it
Kentucky
Deo gratiam habeamus
Let us give thanks to God
Vermont
Stella quarta decima fulgeat
May the 14th star shine bright
