State Mottos
A list of US state slogans is available, as well as a list of US state nicknames, origin of the state
names, and the state resident's names.
Connecticut Symbols
Connecticut SymbolsAnimal,
Bird,
Cantata,
Composer,
Fish,
Flag,
Flower,
Folk Dance,
Fossil,
Hero,
Heroine,
Insect,
Mineral,
Motto,
Nicknames, Poet Laureate,
Seal,
Shellfish,
Ship,
Song,
Tartan,
Tree,
Troubadour
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Connecticut State Motto
"Qui Transtulit Sustinet"
(He who transplanted continues to sustain)
Adopted in 1784 .
Language: Latin
Focus: Religious
"Qui Transtulit Sustinet" has been translated as: "He who transplanted continues to sustain." The motto, has been associated with the various versions of the seal from the creation of the Saybrook Colony Seal. While the origin of the motto is uncertain, the late Charles J. Hoadly, a former State Librarian, suggested in an article entitled "The Public Seal of Connecticut," which appeared in the 1889 edition of the Connecticut State Register and Manual, that we look to the 80th Psalm as a possible source. "Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it."
The motto of Connecticut, "Qui Transtulit Sustinet," means (He who transplanted continues to sustain.) It is an adaptation of Psalms 79:3 of the Latin Vulgate Version of the Bible, which reads,
"de Aegypto transtulisti, Ejicisti gentes et Plantasti eam."
There are four states with mottos that mention "God." Most people would probably regard them as being religious mottos:
- Arizona: "Ditat Deus" This means "God Enriches in Latin."
- Florida: "In God We Trust." -- identical to the current national motto
- Ohio: "With God, All Things Are Possible." This is a direct biblical quotation from the King James Version of Matthew 19:25-26: "When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible."
- South Dakota: "Under God, The People Rule."
There are three other states with mottos that make reference to "God."
- Colorado: "Nothing Without Providence"
- Connecticut: "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains"
- Maine: "I Direct"
Statute
Connecticut Statutes, Title 3, Chapter 33, Sections 3-105 and 3-106.
TITLE 3. STATE ELECTIVE OFFICERS.
CHAPTER 33. SECRETARY.
SECTION. 3-105.
Sec. 3-105. Arms of the state. The following-described arms shall be the official arms of the state: A
shield of rococo design of white field, having in the center three grape vines, supported and bearing fruit.
The vine located in the center of the shield and the vine located on the right side of the shield shall
ascend in a counterclockwise manner. The vine located on the left side of the shield shall ascend in a
clockwise manner. The bordure to the shield shall consist of two bands bordered by fine lines adorned with
clusters of white oak leaves (Quercus alba) bearing acorns. Below the shield shall be a white streamer,
cleft at each end, bordered with two fine lines, and upon the streamer shall be in block letters the motto
"QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET". A drawing of said arms, made in conformity herewith and filed in the office of
the Secretary, shall be the official drawing of the arms of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 178; 1953, S. 61d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 1; P.A. 90-156, S. 1.)
TITLE
CHAPTER 33. SECRETARY.
SECTION
Sec. 3-106. Seal. The great seal of the state shall conform to the following description: It shall be a
perfect ellipse with its major axis two and one-half inches in length and its minor axis two inches in
length, the major axis being vertical. Within such ellipse shall appear another ellipse with its major axis
one and fifteen-sixteenths inches in length and its minor axis one and one-half inches in length. The inner
ellipse is separated from the outer ellipse only by a line two points one-thirty-sixth of an inch in width
and with the space between the two ellipses, being seven-thirty-seconds of an inch, forming a border. In
said space shall appear, letter spaced and in letters one-eighth of an inch in height and of twelve point
century Roman, the words "SIGILLUM REIPUBLICAE CONNECTICUTENSIS", beginning and ending one and one-sixteenth
inches apart in the lower space along such border. In the center of the inner ellipse shall be three grape
vines, two above and one below, each with four leaves and three clusters of grapes intertwined around a
support nine-sixteenths of an inch high, and the base of the supports of the two upper vines one inch from
the base of the inner ellipse and eleven-sixteenths of an inch apart. The base of the lower support shall be
nine-sixteenths of an inch from the base of the inner ellipse and halfway between said bases shall appear
the motto "QUI TRANSTULIT SUSTINET", in number three, six point card Roman letters, or engraver's Roman
letters, on a ribbon gracefully formed, with the ends of the ribbon turned upward and inward and cleft. A
drawing of said seal shall be filed in the office of the Secretary and shall be its official drawing.
(1949 Rev., S. 179, 8490; 1953, S. 3280d; 1959, P.A. 328, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 76, S. 2.)
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Mottos of the States
State motto is a word, phrase, or sentence inscribed on or
attached to a coin, building, or other object. A state motto expresses an important idea for a group
of people within the state.
motto (ˈmä-(ˌ)tō)
n.
Etymology:
Italian, from Late Latin muttum grunt, from Latin muttire to mutter
Date: 15th century
1: a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative
of its character or use
2: a short expression of a guiding principle
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