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• Alabama: Audemus jura nostra defendere ( Latin, "We dare defend our rights")
• Alaska: North to the future
• Arizona: Ditat Deus ( Latin, "God enriches")
• Arkansas: Regnat populus ( Latin, "The people rule")
• California: Eureka ( GreekThe Greek language ( /Elini'k{/) is an Indo-European language which has existed from around the 14th century BC in the Cretan inscriptions called Linear B. Mycenaean Greek of this period is distinguished from later Classical or Ancient Greek of the 8th ce, "I have found it")
• ColoradoThere are also three Colorado Rivers: two in the United States and one in Argentina. Colorado is a state in the western United States. The name of Colorado came from the Spanish word "colorado" which means "reddish color". The name comes from the Colorado: Nil sine numine ( Latin, "Nothing without providence")
• ConnecticutConnecticut is a state of the United States, part of the New England region. Connecticut was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. USS Connecticut was named in honor of this state. History Main article: Qui transtulit sustinet ( Latin, "He who transplanted, sustains")
• DelawareDelaware is a state of the United States. It is known as the "First State" because it was the first of the 13 colonies to ratify the United States Constitution. Ratification occurred on December 7, 1787. History Europeans first settled in a Dutch trading: Liberty and independence
• FloridaFlorida is a southern state in the United States. It is known as the Sunshine State. Florida" is a Spanish adjective which means "flowery". It was discovered by Spanish explorers during the Easter season, which is called Pascua Florida in Spanish. Postal: In God we trust
• Georgia: Wisdom, justice, and moderation
• Hawaii: Ua mau ke ea o ka aina i ka pono ( Hawaiian, "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")
• Idaho: Esto perpetua ( Latin, "Let it be perpetual")
• 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 ( Latin, "To the stars through difficulty")
• Kentucky: United we stand, divided we fall
• Louisiana: Union, justice, and confidence
• Maine: Dirigo ( Latin, "I direct" or "I lead")
• Maryland: Fatti maschi, parole femmine ( Italian, "Manly deeds, womanly words" or "Deeds are male, words are female")
• Massachusetts: Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem ( Latin, "By the sword she seeks peace under liberty")
• Michigan: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circumspice ( Latin, "If you seek a beautiful peninsula, look around you")
• Minnesota: L'étoile du Nord ( French, "The north star")
• Mississippi: Virtute et armis ( Latin, "By virtue and arms")
• Missouri: Salus populi suprema lex esto ( Latin, "Let the good of the people be the supreme law")
• Montana: Oro y plata ( Spanish, "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 ( Latin, "It grows as it goes")
• New York: Excelsior ( Latin, "Higher")
• North Carolina: Esse quam videri ( Latin, "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 vincit omnia ( Latin, "Work conquers all")
• Oregon: Alis volat propiis ( Latin, "She flies with her own wings")
• Pennsylvania: Virtue, liberty, and independence
• Rhode Island: Hope
• South Carolina: Dum spiro, spero ( Latin, "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 ( Latin, "Thus always to tyrants")
• Washington: Al-ki ( Chinook Jargon, "By and by")
• West Virginia: Montani semper liberi ( Latin, "Mountaineers are always free")
• Wisconsin: Forward
• Wyoming: Equal rights