Rejected State Mottos
Alabama
It Should Be: At Least We're Not Mississippi
It Is: We Dare Defend Our Rights
Alaska
It Should Be: 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
It Is: North to the Future
Arizona
It Should Be: Dehyd-rific!
It Is: God Enriches
Arkansas
It Should Be: Litterasy Ain't Everthing
It Is: The People Rule
California
It Should Be: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
It Is: Eureka...I Have Found It
Colorado
It Should Be: Too Wimpy to Cross the Mountains So We Stopped Here
It Is: Nothing Without Providence
Connecticut
It Should Be: Like Massachusetts, Only the Kennedy's Don't Own It Yet
It Is: He Who Transplanted Still Sustains
Delaware
It Should Be: We Really Do Like the Chemicals In Our Water
It Is: Liberty and Independence
Florida
It Should Be: Senior Citizen Discounts Available
It Is: In God We Trust
Georgia
It Should Be: Confederate Money Welcome
It Is: Wisdom, Justice, and Moderation
Hawaii
It Should Be: Come, Get Lai-ed
It Is: The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness
Idaho
It Should Be: We Don't Care If You Spell Potato With an "E"
It Is: It Is Forever
Illinois
It Should Be: Please Don't Pronounce the "S"
It Is: State Sovereignty, National Union
Indiana
It Should Be: 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
It Is: The Crossroads of America
Iowa
It Should Be: We Do Amazing Things With Corn
It Is: Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Will Maintain
Kansas
It Should Be: Don't Blame Us, We Voted For Dole
It Is: To the Stars Through Difficulties
Kentucky
It Should Be: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
It Is: United We stand, Divided We Fall
Louisiana
It Should Be: We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
It Is: Union, Justice, and Confidence
Maine
It Should Be: We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
It Is: I Direct
Maryland
It Should Be: If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
It Is: Manly Deeds, Womanly Words
Massachusetts
It Should Be: Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
It Is: By the Sword We Seek Peace, but Peace Only Under Liberty
Michigan
It Should Be: Land of the Free, Home of the Buick
It Is: If You Seek a Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You
Minnesota
It Should Be: 10,000 Lakes...and 10,000,000,000,000 Mosquitoes
It Is: The Star of the North
Mississippi
It Should Be: Come and Feel Better About Your Own State
It Is: By Valor and Arms
Missouri
It Should Be: Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars Hard at Work
It Is: The Welfare of the People Shall Be the Supreme Law
Montana
It Should Be: It's Where You're Wanted
It Is: Gold and Silver
Nebraska
It Should Be: More Corn Than Kansas
It Is: Equality Before the Law
Nevada
It Should Be: Hookers and Poker!
It Is: All For Our Country
New Hampshire
It Should Be: Go Away and Leave Us Alone
It Is: Live Free or Die
New Jersey
It Should Be: You Want a ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right Here!
It Is: Liberty and Prosperity
New Mexico
It Should Be: We Really Are One of the 50 States!
It Is: It Grows as It Goes
New York
It Should Be: You Have the Right to Remain Silent, You Have the Right to an Attorney...
It Is: Excelsior
North Carolina
It Should Be: Tobacco Is a Vegetable
It Is: To Be, Rather Than to Seem
North Dakota
It Should Be: Um, We've Got, Um...Dinosaur Bones? Yeah, Dinosaur Bones!
It Is: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable
Ohio
It Should Be: Home of Lake Erie and the Mistake by the Lake
It Is: With God, All Things are Possible
Oklahoma
It Should Be: We're OK, You're NOT
It Is: Labor Conquers All Things
Oregon
It Should Be: Spotted Owl...It's What's For Dinner
It Is: She Flies With Her Own Wings
Pennsylvania
It Should Be: Cook With Coal
It Is: Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
Rhode Island
It Should Be: We're Not REALLY an Island
It Is: Hope
South Carolina
It Should Be: Remember The Civil War? We Didn't Actually Surrender
It Is: Prepared In Mind and Resources/While I Breathe, I Hope
South Dakota
It Should Be: Closer Than North Dakota
It Is: Under God the People Rule
Tennessee
It Should Be: The Edjucashun State
It Is: Agriculture and Commerce
Texas
It Should Be: Si Hablo Ingles
It Is: Friendship
Utah
It Should Be: Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
It Is: Industry
Vermont
It Should Be: Yep
It Is: Freedom and Unity
Virginia
It Should Be: Who Says Government Stiffs and Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
It Is: Thus Always to Tyrants
Washington
It Should Be: Help! We're Overrun By Nerds and Slackers!
It Is: Bye and Bye
West Virginia
It Should Be: One Big Happy Family...Really!
It Is: Mountaineers Are Always Free
Wisconsin
It Should Be: Say "Cheeeese"
It Is: Forward
Wyoming
It Should Be: Why Are You Here?
It Is: Equal Rights
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