State Mottos

Question 1

New York

Answer 1

excelsior

ever upward

Question 2

Kansas

Answer 2

ad astra per aspera

to the stars through difficulties

Question 3

Massachusetts

Answer 3

ense petite placidam sub libertate quietem

with the sword she seeks calm peace under liberty

Question 4

Idaho

Answer 4

esto perpetua

may she last forever

Question 5

New Mexico

Answer 5

crescit eundo

it grows as it goes

Question 6

Arizona

Answer 6

ditat deus

god enriches

Question 7

Alabama

Answer 7

audemus iura nostra defendere

we dare to defend our rights

Question 8

Missouri

Answer 8

salus populi suprema lex esto

the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law

Question 9

Michigan

Answer 9

si quaeris paeninsulam amoenam circumspice

if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you (inspired by a quote in St. Paul’s Cathedral)

Question 10

Mississippi

Answer 10

virtute et armis

by valor and arms

Question 11

Maryland

Answer 11

scuto bonae voluntatis tuae coronosti nos

with the shield of thy good will thou hast covered us

Question 12

Virginia

Answer 12

sic semper tyrranis

thus always to tyrants

Question 13

West Virginia

Answer 13

montani semper liberi

mountaineers are always free

Question 14

Oregon

Answer 14

alis volat propriis

he flies by his own wings

Question 15

Ohio

Answer 15

imperium in imperio

an empire in an empire

Question 16

Kentucky

Answer 16

deo gratiam habeamus

let us be grateful for God

Question 17

North Dakota

Answer 17

serit ut alteri saeclo prosit

one sows so that it benefits another age

Question 18

California

Answer 18

eureka (greek)

I found it

Question 19

District of Columbia

Answer 19

iustitia omnibus

justice for all

Question 20

North Carolina

Answer 20

esse quam videri

to be rather than to seem

Question 21

South Carolina

Answer 21

dum spiro spero
while i breath i hope
animis opibusque parati
prepared in mind and resources

Question 22

Arkansas

Answer 22

regnat populus

the people rule

Question 23

Colorado

Answer 23

nil sine numine

nothing without divine guidance

Question 24

Connecticut

Answer 24

qui transtulit sustinet

he who transplanted sustains

Question 25

Oklahoma

Answer 25

labor omnia vincit

work conquers all

Question 26

Wyoming

Answer 26

cedant arma togae

may the arms yield to the toga (peace)

Question 27

Puerto Rico

Answer 27

Joannes est nomen eius

John is his name

Question 28

Vermont

Answer 28

Stella quarta decima fulgeat

May the 14th star shine bright

Question 29

Maine

Answer 29

dirigo

I point the way