North Dakota State Motto
"Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"
The motto of Dakota Territory was Liberty and Union, One
and Inseparable, Now and Forever. This language was suggested
by Dr. Joseph Ward of Yankton, South Dakota, who was quoting from
Daniel Webster's Reply to Hayne. However, the motto used for the
Territory had two of the phrases reversed; when North Dakota
became a state that error was corrected.
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