Statistics for U.S. State Mottoes Without Common Words

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Motto	State	% Correct
Sic semper tyrannis ("Thus always to tyrants")	Virginia	75%
Eureka ("I have found it")	California	50%
North to the future	Alaska	25%
The Crossroads of America	Indiana	25%
Dirigo ("I lead")	Maine	25%
Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice ("If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you")	Michigan	25%
Oro y plata ("Gold and silver")	Montana	25%
Esse quam videri ("To be, rather than to seem")	North Carolina	25%
Industry	Utah	25%
Nil sine numine ("Nothing without providence")	Colorado	0%
Qui transtulit sustinet ("He who transplanted sustains")	Connecticut	0%
Wisdom, Justice, Moderation	Georgia	0%
Esto perpetua ("Let it be perpetual")	Idaho	0%
Fatti maschii, parole femine (Manly deeds, womanly words)	Maryland	0%
Virtute et armis ("By valor and arms")	Mississippi	0%
All For Our Country	Nevada	0%
Crescit eundo ("It grows as it goes")	New Mexico	0%
Excelsior ("Ever upward")	New York	0%
Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit ("One sows for the benefit of another age ")	North Dakota	0%
Labor omnia vincit ("Labor conquers all things")	Oklahoma	0%
Alis volat propriis ("She flies with her own wings")	Oregon	0%
Hope	Rhode Island	0%
Dum spiro spero/Animis opibusque parati ("While I breathe, I hope/Ready in soul and resource")	South Carolina	0%
Agriculture and Commerce	Tennessee	0%
Friendship	Texas	0%
Alki ("By and by")	Washington	0%
Forward	Wisconsin	0%