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Does each state in the USA have a state motto? I have read a post about the State Motto in the USA. I have some difficulties in understand some states’ mottos because of the cultural background or cultural overtone. Can some natives help me? I will post some mottos here:

Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona: But It's A Dry Heat 
Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything

California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda 
Colorado: If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother
Connecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet

Delaware: We Really Do Like The ChemicalsIn Our Water
Florida: Ask Us About Our Grandkids
Georgia: We Put The "Fun" In Fundamentalist Extremism
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, But Leave Your Money)

Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes... Well Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good 
Illinois: Please Don't Pronouncethe "S"
Indiana: 2 Billion Years TidalWave Free
Iowa: We Do Amazing Things With Corn

Kansas: First Of The RectangleStates
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names

Louisiana: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster 
Maryland: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It 
Massachusetts: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's (For Most Tax Brackets)

Michigan: First Line Of DefenseFrom The Canadians 
Minnesota: 10,000 Lakes... And 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
Mississippi: Come And Feel Better About Your Own State 
Montana: Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-Wing Crazies, And Very Little Else
Missouri: Your Federal Flood ReliefTax Dollars At Work 
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