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Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on December 17, 1787. That is why the state motto is "The First State"
Until 1871 it was "First to Fight" -ds
"I will always place the mission first I will never accept defeat I will never quit"
The Pennsylvania state motto "Virtue, liberty, and Independence" became a state motto in 1875.
New York uses one Latin word, Excelsior, which means Higher, as its motto. This term was first used with reference to the physical, but it has now come to include spiritual, mental, and social progress.