State Motto Rankings + friends

last modified: 2026-04-08 | tags: random

Rankings

  1. Puerto Rico: Joannes est nomen ejus — “John is his name.”
  2. Virginia: sic semper tyrannis
  3. North Carolina: esse quam videri — To be, rather than to seem
  4. New York: excelsior — Ever upward
  5. Kansas: ad astra per aspera — To the stars through difficulties
  6. Massachusetts: ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem — By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty
  7. North Dakota: serit ut alteri saeclo prosit — One sows for the benefit of another age
  8. Maryland: fatti maschi, parole femine — Strong deeds, gentle words
  9. South Carolina: animis opibusque parati — Prepared in mind and resources
  10. Michigan: si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice — If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you
  11. Oregon: alis volat propriis — She flies with her own wings
  12. Oklahoma: labor omnia vincit — Labor conquers all things
  13. Alabama: audemus jura nostra defendere — We dare defend our rights
  14. Kentucky: deo gratiam habeamus — Let us be grateful to God
  15. Arkansas: regnat populus — The people rule
  16. Mississippi: virtute et armis — By valor and arms
  17. Idaho: esto perpetua — Let it be perpetual
  18. New Mexico: crescit eundo — It grows as it goes
  19. Maine: dirigo — I lead
  20. Missouri: salus populi suprema lex esto — Let the welfare of the people be the supreme law
  21. Hawaiʻi: ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono — The life/sovereignty of the land is perpetuated in righteousness
  22. Minnesota: L’Étoile du Nord — The star of the North
  23. Colorado: nil sine numine — Nothing without providence
  24. Florida: In God We Trust
  25. American Samoa: Samoa, Muamua Le Atua — Samoa, let Atua be first
  26. U.S. Virgin Islands: United in Pride and Hope
  27. New Hampshire: Live Free or Die
  28. Indiana: Crossroads of America
  29. New Jersey: Liberty and prosperity
  30. Pennsylvania: Virtue, liberty, and independence
  31. District of Columbia: Justitia Omnibus — Justice for all
  32. Montana: Oro y plata — Gold and silver
  33. West Virginia: montani semper liberi — Mountaineers are always free
  34. Arizona: Ditat Deus — God enriches
  35. Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain
  36. Georgia: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation
  37. Connecticut: qui transtulit sustinet — He who transplanted sustains
  38. Vermont: Freedom and Unity
  39. Tennessee: Agriculture and Commerce
  40. Illinois: State sovereignty, national union
  41. California: Eureka (Εὕρηκα) — I have found it
  42. Nevada: All For Our Country
  43. Nebraska: Equality before the law
  44. South Dakota: Under God the people rule
  45. Ohio: With God, all things are possible
  46. Alaska: North to the Future
  47. Texas: Friendship
  48. Louisiana: Union, justice, confidence
  49. Utah: Industry
  50. Wyoming: Equal Rights
  51. Wisconsin: Forward
  52. Delaware: Liberty and Independence
  53. Rhode Island: Hope