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State Motto Rankings + friends

0. Puerto Rico: Joannes est nomen ejus — “John is his name.”

1. Virginia: sic semper tyrannis

2. North Carolina: esse quam videri — To be, rather than to seem

3. New York: excelsior — Ever upward

4. Kansas: ad astra per aspera — To the stars through difficulties

5. Massachusetts: ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem — By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty

6. North Dakota: serit ut alteri saeclo prosit — One sows for the benefit of another age

7. Maryland: fatti maschi, parole femine — Strong deeds, gentle words

8. South Carolina: animis opibusque parati — Prepared in mind and resources

9. Michigan: si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice — If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you

10. Oregon: alis volat propriis — She flies with her own wings

11. Oklahoma: labor omnia vincit — Labor conquers all things

12. Alabama: audemus jura nostra defendere — We dare defend our rights

13. Kentucky: deo gratiam habeamus — Let us be grateful to God

14. Arkansas: regnat populus — The people rule

15. Mississippi: virtute et armis — By valor and arms

16. Idaho: esto perpetua — Let it be perpetual

17. New Mexico: crescit eundo — It grows as it goes

18. Maine: dirigo — I lead

19. Missouri: salus populi suprema lex esto — Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law

20. Hawaiʻi: ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono — The life/sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness

21. Minnesota: L’Étoile du Nord — The star of the North

22. Colorado: nil sine numine — Nothing without providence

23. Florida: In God We Trust

24. American Samoa: Samoa, Muamua Le Atua — Samoa, let Atua be first

25. U.S. Virgin Islands: United in Pride and Hope

26. New Hampshire: Live Free or Die

27. Indiana: Crossroads of America

28. New Jersey: Liberty and prosperity

29. Pennsylvania: Virtue, liberty, and independence

30. District of Columbia: Justitia Omnibus — Justice for all

31. Montana: Oro y plata — Gold and silver

32. West Virginia: montani semper liberi — Mountaineers are always free

33. Arizona: Ditat Deus — God enriches

34. Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain

35. Georgia: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation

36. Connecticut: qui transtulit sustinet — He who transplanted sustains

37. Vermont: Freedom and Unity

38. Tennessee: Agriculture and Commerce

39. Illinois: State sovereignty, national union

40. California: Eureka (Εὕρηκα) — I have found it

41. Nevada: All For Our Country

42. Nebraska: Equality before the law

43. South Dakota: Under God the people rule

44. Ohio: With God, all things are possible

45. Alaska: North to the Future

46. Texas: Friendship

47. Louisiana: Union, justice, confidence

48. Utah: Industry

49. Wyoming: Equal Rights

50. Wisconsin: Forward

51. Delaware: Liberty and Independence

52. Rhode Island: Hope