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State Mottos
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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
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New Jersey Motto
Liberty and Prosperity
Adopted in 1777.
Language: English
Focus: Progress and Prosperity and Liberty and Freedom
New Jersey's state motto is not the official state motto, as such, but is accepted as an element of its official seal. Adopted in 1777.
These a states with mottos that focus on liberty.
- Delaware: "Liberty and Independence"
- Iowa: "Our Liberties We Prize, and Our Rights We Will Maintain"
- Massachusetts: "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem"
(By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only under Liberty)
- New Jersey: "Liberty and Prosperity"
- North Dakota: "Liberty and Union Now and Forever; One and Inseparable"
- Pennsylvania: "Virtue, Liberty, and Independence"
These state have mottos that reference progress and prosperity:
- New Jersey: "Liberty and Prosperity"
- New Mexico: "Crescit Eundo" (It Grows as It Goes)
- New York: "Excelsior" (Higher)
- Oklahoma: "Labor Omnia Vincit" (Labor Conquers All Things)
- Tennessee: "Agriculture and Commerce"
- Utah: "Industry"
- Washington: "Alki" (Bye and Bye)
New Jersey Statutes, Title 52, Section 52:2-1.
TITLE 52 - STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS.
52:2-1. Description of great seal of state The great seal of this state shall be engraved on silver, which shall be
round, of two and a half inches in diameter and three-eighths of an inch thick; the arms shall be three ploughs in an
escutcheon, azure; supporters, Liberty and Ceres. The Goddess Liberty to carry in her dexter hand a pole, proper,
surmounted by a cap gules, with band azure at the bottom, displaying on the band six stars, argent; tresses falling on
shoulders, proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of laurel leaves, vert; overdress, tenne; underskirt, argent; feet
sandaled, standing on scroll. Ceres: Same as Liberty, save overdress, gules; holding in left hand a cornucopia, or,
bearing apples, plums and grapes surrounded by leaves, all proper; head bearing over all a chaplet of wheat spears, vert.
Shield surmounted by sovereign's helmet, six bars, or; wreath and mantling, argent and azure. Crest: A horse's head,
proper. Underneath the shield and supporting the goddesses, a scroll azure, bordered with tenne, in three waves or
folds; on the upper folds the words "Liberty and Prosperity" ; on the under fold in Arabic numerals, the figures "1776"
. These words to be engraved round the arms, viz., "The Great Seal of the State of New Jersey" .
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Mottos of the States
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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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