Mr. Hasquin's "Know These State Mottos, Or Else." State Motto 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... The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness Idaho Esto perpetua (Let it be perpetual) It is forever Illinois State Sovereignty, National Union Indiana Indianapolis Iowa Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain 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 pleasent peninsula, look about you Minnesota L'Etoile du nord ...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 ...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