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Thread: What is behind the State Motto of each state in the USA?
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[quote=SETH,296904]To digress, here's a list of the REAL USA state mottos, if anyone is interested. Many are in Latin, with English translation provided. Some are not Latin and I tried to catch those. ALSO: to be honest, some of the humorous mottos make more sense to me than the REAL mottos! Alabama: Audemus jura nostra defendere... (We Dare Defend Our Rights) Alaska: North to the Future Arizona: Ditat Deus ... (God enriches) Arkansas: Regnat populus ... (The people rule) California: Eureka...(I have found it) Colorado: Nil sine Numine... (Nothing without Providence) Connecticut: Qui transtulit sustinet... (He who transplanted still sustains) Delaware: Liberty and Independence Florida: In God We Trust Georgia: Wisdom, justice, and moderation Hawaii: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina I ka pono... -- this is Hawaaian and NOT Latin!-- (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness) Idaho: Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual) It is forever Illinois: State Sovereignty, National Union Iowa: Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain Indiana: The crossroads of America Kansas: Ad astra per aspera... (To the stars through difficulties) Kentucky: United we stand, divided we fall Louisiana: Union, justice, and confidence Maine: Dirigo...(I direct) Maryland: Fatti maschil parole femine...(Manly deeds...womanly words) Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem ...(By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty) Michigan: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice ...(If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you) Minnesota: L'Etoile du nord ... -- this is French, not Latin -- (The star of the north) Mississippi: Virtute et armis ...(By valor and arms) Missouri: Salus populi suprema lex esto... (The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law) Montana: Oro y plata...-- this might be Spanish and not Latin, not sure -- Gold and Silver Nebraska: Equality before the law Nevada: All for our country New Hampshire: Live free or die New Jersey: Liberty and Prosperity New Mexico: Crescit eundo...(It grows as it goes) New York: Excelsior North Carolina: Esse quam videri ...(To be, rather than to seem) North Dakota: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable Ohio: With God, all things are possible Oklahoma: Labor omnia vincit... (Labor conquers all things) Oregon Alis Volat Propiis ... (She Flies With Her Own Wings) Pennsylvania: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence Rhode Island: Hope South Carolina: Prepared in mind and resources /While I breathe, I hope South Dakota: Under God the people rule Tennessee: Agriculture and commerce Texas: Friendship Utah: Industry Vermont: Freedom and unity Virginia: Sic Semper Tyrannis... (Thus Always to Tyrants) Washington: Alki... (Bye and Bye) West Virginia: Montani semper liberi... (Mountaineers are always free) Wisconsin: Forward Wyoming: Equal rights [/quote]
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