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Delaware Symbols, State Motto
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"Liberty and Independence"
Adopted in 1847.
Language: English
Focus: Liberty and Freedom
This motto was added to the state's great seal in 1847 as an expression of the ideals of American government. The Motto -- was derived from the Order of Cincinnati, and approved in 1847. Liberty means freedom, and independence means able to survive on your own without the control of others. These two ideas have been very important to the people of Delaware.
State Code
Section 301. Great Seal. The seal now used as the Great Seal of this State and bearing the arms of this State shall be the Great Seal of this State. It is emblazoned as follows: Party per fess, or and argent, the first charged with a garb (wheat sheaf) in bend dexter and an ear of maize (Indian Corn) in bend sinister, both proper; the second charged with an ox statant, ruminating, proper; fess, wavy azure, supporters on the dexter a husbandman with a hilling hoe, on the sinister a rifleman armed and accoutred at ease. Crest, on a wreath azure and argent, a ship under full sail, proper, with the words "Great Seal of the State of Delaware" and the words "Liberty and Independence" engraved thereon.
These states have 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"
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