State Mottos

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Every state has an official motto. And for every inspiring, lofty state motto there's the slogan it should have instead! Thanks to several Web sites that specialize in making fun of state mottos, here are the mottos for all 50 states--the (funny) ones that they should have and the real (boring) ones. Remember, laugh all you want at the other states, but do be a good sport when you read your own state's 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