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Massachusetts Symbols, State Motto
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Language: Latin
Focus: Liberty and Freedom
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Massachusetts' State motto, Ense Petit Placidam Sub Libertate Quietem, can be translated as With the sword she seeks peace under liberty. This is attributed to Algernon Sydney (1622-1683), an English political writer, from the complete phrase, ...Manus haec inimica tyrannis Ense petit placidam sub liberate quietam.
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"
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