State Mottos
Little known state mottos:
Alabama: “Segregation now, Segregation Forever!”
Alaska: “Land of 11,623 drunken Eskimos”
Arizona: “It’s not the heat….”
Arkansas: “Litterasy Ain’t Everything”
California: “Land of the ‘Quakers’.”
Colorado: “If you don’t ski, don’t come.”
Connecticut: “Home of the ‘term life’ policy.”
Delaware: “Home of prison floggings and an age 7 ‘consent law’.”
Florida: “Ask Us About Our Grandkids.”
Georgia: “Going to church? Bring your own snake.”
Hawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (”If you’ve got the money, Honey, We’ve got the time.”)
Idaho: “More Than Just Potatoes & Mariel Hemingway’s tits.”
Illinois: “Please Don’t Pronounce the ‘S’!”
Indiana: “Dan Quayle is OUR problem. DROP IT!”
Iowa: “We Do Amazing Things With Corn, but nothing sexual.”
Kansas: “The First Of The Rectangle States.”
Kentucky: “Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names.”
Louisiana: “We’re Not All Drunk Cajun Wackos; some of us are sober.”
Maine: “Your ‘last chance,’ before Nova Scotia.”
Maryland: “The state Spiro Agnew looted & cheated.”
Massachusetts: “Owned & Operated by the Kennedy family.”
Michigan: “First Line of Defense Against Invading Canadians.”
Minnesota: “10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000 Mosquitoes, living in harmony.”
Mississippi: “Where it’s ‘OK’ to marry your sister.”
Missouri: “The ‘Show Me Your Money!’ state.”
Montana: “Land of the Big Sky, the Unabomber, Right-Wing Religious Crazies, and No Speed Limits.”
Nebraska: “We ain’t heavy….”
Nevada: “Five’ll get you ten.”
New Mexico: “Home of the Roswell Cover-up.”
New York: “You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney….”
North Carolina: “Tobacco is a Vegetable, and so is Jesse Helms.”
North Dakota: “Our capital was named for a German battleship!”
Ohio: “On your way out, get the lights!”
Oklahoma: “It’s a BLAST!”
Oregon: “The Spotted Owl. It’s What’s For Dinner!”
Pennsylvania: “The underground coal fire’s been burning 33 years.”
Rhode Island: “We’re Not REALLY An Island.”
South Carolina: “Drown your kids here!”
South Dakota: “The place where a mountain was given ‘head,’ FOUR TIMES!”
Tennessee: “The Educashun State.”
Texas: “Si! Habla Ingles! (Yes! I speak English!).”
Vermont: “Where the sap not only RUNS, he gets elected!”
Virginia: “Where the South SURRENDERED!”
Washington: “Owned & Operated by Bill Gates & Boeing.”
Washington, D.C.: “Where taxation without representation LIVES!”
West Virginia: “Dumb name, ‘cuz there ain’t no EAST VIRGINIA!”
Wisconsin: “Come Cut the Cheese.”
Wyoming: “More cattle than people.”