State Mottoes Flashcards
Kansas
Ad astra per aspera- To the stars through difficulties
Wyoming
Cedant arma togae- Let the arms yield to the toga
New Mexico
Crescit eundo - It grows as it goes
Maine
Dirigo - I point the way
Arizona
Ditat Deus - God enriches
South Carolina
Dum spiro, spero - While there’s life, there’s hope
Massachusetts
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem - With the sword she seeks calm peace under liberty
United States
E pluribus unum - Out of many, one
North Carolina
Ease quam videri- To be rather than to seem
Idaho
Esto perpetua - May it last forever
New York
Excelsior - ever upward
DC
Iustitia omnibus - Justice to all
Oklahoma
Labor omnia vincit - Toil overcomes all obstacles
West Virginia
Montani semper liberi - Mountaineers are always free
Colorado
Nil sine numine - Nothing without divine guidance
Connecticut
Qui transtulit sustinet - He who transplanted, sustains
Arkansas
Regnat populus - The people rule
Missouri
Salus populi suprema lex esto - The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law
Maryland
Scuto bonae voluntatis Tuae coranasti nos - With the shield of Thy good-will Thou hast covered us
Virginia
Sic semper tyrannis - Thus ever to tyrants
Michigan
Si quaeris paeninsulam amoenam circumspice - If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
Mississippi
Virtute et armis - By valor and arms
