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installation was the subject of a 1997 federal lawsuit that was decided in favor of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p><b>With God, all things are possible</b> is the motto of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Quoted from the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel of Matthew</a>, verse <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(King_James)/Matthew#19:26" class="extiw" title="s:Bible (King James)/Matthew">19:26</a>, it is the only <a href="/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_mottos" title="List of U.S. state and territory mottos">state motto</a> taken directly from the Bible (<a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span lang="el">παρὰ δὲ θεῷ πάντα δυνατά</span>, <i>para de Theō panta dynata</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Fritsch_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Fritsch-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is defined in section 5.06 of the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Revised_Code" title="Ohio Revised Code">Ohio Revised Code</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and sometimes appears beneath the <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Ohio" title="Seal of Ohio">Seal of Ohio</a>. The motto was adopted in 1959 and survived a federal constitutional challenge in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state maintains that it is a generic expression of optimism rather than an endorsement of a particular religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Usage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The motto appears beneath the <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Ohio" title="Seal of Ohio">Seal of Ohio</a> on the official letterhead of some state and county agencies.<sup id="cite_ref-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A large-scale version is displayed in a plaza near the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Statehouse" title="Ohio Statehouse">Ohio Statehouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Steinfels_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Steinfels-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state motto appears on the flag of <a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Ohio" title="Franklin County, Ohio">Franklin County</a>, beneath the county seal, which is based on the state seal.<sup id="cite_ref-Statehouse_Franklin_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statehouse_Franklin-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/List_of_school_districts_in_Ohio" title="List of school districts in Ohio">School districts in Ohio</a> are required to accept and display any donated copy of the motto that meets certain criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg/220px-Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg/330px-Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg/440px-Ohio_license_plate_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1187" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>"Ohio Pride" license plate</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Bureau_of_Motor_Vehicles" title="Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles">Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles</a> uses the motto frequently. As one of 46 phrases printed on the "<a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ohio" title="Vehicle registration plates of Ohio">Ohio Pride</a>" license plate design introduced on April 15, 2013, the motto is located on two lines in the center-left of the baseplate, below "<a href="/wiki/National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame" title="National Inventors Hall of Fame">Inventors Hall of Fame</a>" and above "<a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Ohio" title="Beautiful Ohio">Beautiful Ohio</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-BMV_Pride_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMV_Pride-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Driver's licenses and identification cards issued since 2019, including those that comply with <a href="/wiki/Real_ID_Act" title="Real ID Act">Real ID</a> requirements, incorporate the motto into a faint <a href="/wiki/Watermark" title="Watermark">watermark</a> on the obverse side.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1997, the motto was found most commonly on income tax forms issued by the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Taxation" title="Ohio Department of Taxation">Ohio Department of Taxation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Steinfels_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Steinfels-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The department stopped using the motto in its annual report in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_mottos">Early mottos</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early mottos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_Northwest_Territory.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Seal_of_the_Northwest_Territory.png/220px-Seal_of_the_Northwest_Territory.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Seal_of_the_Northwest_Territory.png 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="235" /></a><figcaption>Seal of the Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio</figcaption></figure> <p>Ohio is considered the successor to the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territory" title="Northwest Territory">Northwest Territory</a>, whose <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Ohio#Territorial_seal" title="Seal of Ohio">seal</a> bore the <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> motto <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Meliorem lapsa locavit</i></span></i>, meaning "He has planted one better than the one fallen." This motto, which may have come from the <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_South_Carolina" title="Seal of South Carolina">Seal of South Carolina</a>, celebrated the <a href="/wiki/Internal_improvements" title="Internal improvements">internal improvements</a> that succeeded in pushing back the wilderness.<sup id="cite_ref-Reinke_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reinke-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The seal's first recorded use was on a proclamation on July 26, 1788.<sup id="cite_ref-Bennett_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bennett-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohio's statehood in 1803 left it without a motto, though <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Meliorem lapsa locavit</i></span></i> remains the motto of <a href="/wiki/Belmont_County,_Ohio" title="Belmont County, Ohio">Belmont County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Statehouse_Belmont_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statehouse_Belmont-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 19, 1866, future <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Department_of_Education" title="Ohio Department of Education">Superintendent of Public Instruction</a> William D. Henkle wrote to <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Secretary_of_State" title="Ohio Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Smith_(American_politician)" title="William Henry Smith (American politician)">William Henry Smith</a>, listing 125 Greek, Latin, and French phrases from which to choose a state motto. It was apparently thought that a motto of classical origin would be more dignified than one in English.<sup id="cite_ref-Lindley_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lindley-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 6, a <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Republican_Party" title="Ohio Republican Party">Republican</a> <a href="/wiki/Ohio_General_Assembly" title="Ohio General Assembly">General Assembly</a> passed 57 SB 172, adopting an elaborate new state seal and coat of arms. The coat of arms bore the motto <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="/wiki/Imperium_in_imperio" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperium in imperio">Imperium in Imperio</a></i></span></i>, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "An Empire Within an Empire" or "Sovereignty Within Sovereignty",<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Senate_57_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Senate_57-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> number 85 on Henkle's list.<sup id="cite_ref-Lindley_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lindley-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Dolson_Cox" title="Jacob Dolson Cox">Jacob Dolson Cox</a> used the new seal and motto for the first time in a proclamation on November 5.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though it was intended to extol the state's grandeur, the motto was thought to be too pretentious and ironically recalled <a href="/wiki/States%27_rights" title="States' rights">states' rights</a> only a year after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">Civil War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Knabenshue_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Knabenshue-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The historian Rush R. Sloane would later describe it as "a sort of climax of absurdity".<sup id="cite_ref-OHHist_seal_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHHist_seal-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sloane_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sloane-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png/220px-Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png/330px-Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png/440px-Emblems_of_USA_1876_-_Ohio.png 2x" data-file-width="622" data-file-height="616" /></a><figcaption>An illustration of the 1866 seal, which bears the motto <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Imperium in Imperio</i></span></i></figcaption></figure> <p>On May 9, 1868, facing significant cost overruns associated with the new seal, a <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Democratic_Party" title="Ohio Democratic Party">Democratic</a> Assembly repealed the entire statute.<sup id="cite_ref-OHHist_seal_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OHHist_seal-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Representative Jacob Wolf proposed to leave the motto in place, while Representative <a href="/wiki/Francis_Bates_Pond" title="Francis Bates Pond">Francis Bates Pond</a> proposed to replace it with <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Fiat justicia ruat cœlem</i></span></i>, Latin for "Let justice be done even if the sky falls".<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite these legislators' efforts, the state was once again left without an official motto.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Fritsch_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Fritsch-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After 1868, there were hundreds of unsuccessful attempts to designate a new state motto.<sup id="cite_ref-NorwalkRH_testifies_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwalkRH_testifies-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 29, 1933, the Senate passed a resolution declaring "Gateway to the West" to be the motto, but it did not pass the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the early 1950s, the General Assembly sponsored a contest to choose a motto.<sup id="cite_ref-SOS_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SOS-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953, Representative Anna F. Heise O'Neil introduced a bill to designate a state motto in time for Ohio's sesquicentennial, but it was tabled.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 1957 proposal to place "Home of Light and Flight" on the seal would have celebrated <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Edison" title="Thomas Edison">Thomas Edison</a>'s birthplace in <a href="/wiki/Milan,_Ohio" title="Milan, Ohio">Milan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wright_brothers" title="Wright brothers">Wright brothers</a>' hometown of <a href="/wiki/Dayton,_Ohio" title="Dayton, Ohio">Dayton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The same year, State Senator Lowell Fess sponsored a bill backed by the Ohio <a href="/wiki/American_Legion" title="American Legion">American Legion</a> that would have restored <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Imperium in Imperio</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Blade_hopper_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_hopper-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_motto">Current motto</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Current motto"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 1958, ten-year-old Jimmy Mastronardo of <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati" title="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</a> wrote to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cincinnati_Enquirer" title="The Cincinnati Enquirer">The Cincinnati Enquirer</a></i>, pointing out that Ohio was the only one out of 48 states that lacked a motto.<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recommended the phrase, "With God, all things are possible."<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Secretary_of_State" title="Ohio Secretary of State">Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Ted_W._Brown" title="Ted W. Brown">Ted W. Brown</a> encouraged him to promote his proposal to legislators and registered him as a lobbyist.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He called his State Senator, William H. Deddens, who invited him to testify before the Senate State Government Committee on February 24, 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-NorwalkRH_testifies_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwalkRH_testifies-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mastronardo gathered 18,000 signatures in a petition drive,<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WarCry_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WarCry-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> initially collecting them door to door and at a local food festival.<sup id="cite_ref-NorwalkRH_testifies_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NorwalkRH_testifies-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 22, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass a bill adopting his motto, after he was given the unprecedented privilege of addressing the House from the speaker's podium.<sup id="cite_ref-Blade_nears_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_nears-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor <a href="/wiki/Michael_DiSalle" title="Michael DiSalle">Michael DiSalle</a> signed 103 SB 193 into law in July, effective October 1, 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The motto made its first appearance on a state publication the following year, when the Secretary of State's office distributed a pamphlet about state symbols to schoolchildren.<sup id="cite_ref-SanduskyRegister_seal_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SanduskyRegister_seal-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the motto is widely understood to come from <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>' words in <a href="/wiki/Jesus_and_the_rich_young_man" title="Jesus and the rich young man">an encounter with a rich young man</a>, Mastronardo told reporters that he simply proposed his mother's favorite saying, unaware of its Biblical origin.<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LimaNews_scooter_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LimaNews_scooter-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At a statewide meeting of elections officials, Brown presented him with a Citation Award while a surprise guest, comedian <a href="/wiki/Joe_E._Brown" title="Joe E. Brown">Joe E. Brown</a>, praised the twelve-year-old for his efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-Sun_authors_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sun_authors-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CoshoctonTribune_11_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CoshoctonTribune_11-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mastronardo also received an <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Ohio" title="Flag of Ohio">Ohio flag</a> embroidered with the motto.<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_Radel_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_Radel-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversy">Controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidhana_Soudha_motto,_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Vidhana_Soudha_motto%2C_2014.jpg/300px-Vidhana_Soudha_motto%2C_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Vidhana_Soudha_motto%2C_2014.jpg/450px-Vidhana_Soudha_motto%2C_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Vidhana_Soudha_motto%2C_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="180" /></a><figcaption>"Government Work Is God's Work" is inscribed in <a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a> and English above the entrance to the <a href="/wiki/Vidhana_Soudha" title="Vidhana Soudha">Vidhana Soudha</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>In April 1996, Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Voinovich" title="George Voinovich">George Voinovich</a> returned from a <a href="/wiki/Trade_mission" title="Trade mission">trade mission</a> to India,<sup id="cite_ref-CincyPost_trade_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CincyPost_trade-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he had seen the inscription "Government Work Is God's Work" (<a href="/wiki/Kannada_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kannada language">Kannada</a>: <span lang="kn">ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಕೆಲಸ ದೇವರ ಕೆಲಸ</span>) prominently displayed on the <a href="/wiki/Vidhana_Soudha" title="Vidhana Soudha">Vidhana Soudha</a>, the state capitol of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Insight_Harper_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Insight_Harper-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This display gave him the idea for a similar inscription of Ohio's motto on the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Statehouse" title="Ohio Statehouse">Statehouse</a> in Columbus, as part of a $110 million renovation project that was nearing completion.<sup id="cite_ref-Blade_public_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_public-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went public with the proposal at an observance of the <a href="/wiki/National_Day_of_Prayer" title="National Day of Prayer">National Day of Prayer</a> in May.<sup id="cite_ref-Blade_public_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_public-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, the Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board decided to instead install a seal and motto on a plaza adjoining the Statehouse.<sup id="cite_ref-District_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-District-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, just before the bronze fixture was to be installed, the Ohio affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> (ACLU) sued the board, Voinovich, Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/Bob_Taft" title="Bob Taft">Bob Taft</a>, and several other state officials.<sup id="cite_ref-District_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-District-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ACLU alleged that the state had violated the <a href="/wiki/Establishment_Clause" title="Establishment Clause">Establishment Clause</a> in the <a href="/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="First Amendment to the United States Constitution">First Amendment</a> to the U.S. Constitution and a similar clause in the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ohio" title="Constitution of Ohio">Ohio Constitution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state argued that its motto was not explicitly Christian, likening it to the national motto, "<a href="/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" title="In God We Trust">In God We Trust</a>", and the use of "<a href="/wiki/Under_God" class="mw-redirect" title="Under God">under God</a>" in the <a href="/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pledge of Allegiance (United States)">Pledge of Allegiance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was explained as "a compelling symbol of hope, inspiration and stick-to-it-iveness". The ACLU represented a Cleveland-area Presbyterian associate minister who objected to the state's trivialization of a quote attributed to Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An ACLU-sponsored poll in the spring of 1997 found that only two percent of <a href="/wiki/Summit_County,_Ohio" title="Summit County, Ohio">Summit County</a> residents were aware of the motto.<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 1, 1998, <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Ohio" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio">U.S. District Judge</a> <a href="/wiki/James_L._Graham" title="James L. Graham">James L. Graham</a> upheld the motto, finding it to be "<a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_deism" title="Ceremonial deism">generically theistic</a>" without <a href="/wiki/Endorsement_test" title="Endorsement test">endorsing</a> any particular denomination, but he enjoined the state from citing its source.<sup id="cite_ref-District_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-District-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The state carried out the installation within days. On April 25, 2000, a panel of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Sixth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit">Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals</a> reversed the lower court ruling, finding that "the words have no secular purpose and appear to be a government endorsement of the Christian religion".<sup id="cite_ref-BeaverCountyTimes_Nolan_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BeaverCountyTimes_Nolan-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the <a href="/wiki/Council_on_American%E2%80%93Islamic_Relations" title="Council on American–Islamic Relations">Council on American–Islamic Relations</a> disputed this finding, citing verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0006%3Asura%3D2%3Averse%3D106">2:106</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Quran" title="Quran">Quran</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BocaRatonNews_Muslims_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BocaRatonNews_Muslims-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Blade_Tarjanyi_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_Tarjanyi-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the <a href="/wiki/World_Vaisnava_Association" title="World Vaisnava Association">World Vaisnava Association</a> objected on the basis of Hindu scriptures.<sup id="cite_ref-Blade_Hindus_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Blade_Hindus-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By this time, there was significant public support for the motto. A June 2000 Ohio Poll conducted by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a> found that 62% of Ohioans were aware of the April ruling; of them, 11% agreed with it while 88% disagreed.<sup id="cite_ref-Enquirer_poll_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Enquirer_poll-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> weighed in, voting 333–27 (with 66 voting "present") to pass a non-binding resolution, sponsored by Representatives <a href="/wiki/Mike_Oxley" title="Mike Oxley">Mike Oxley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tony_P._Hall" title="Tony P. Hall">Tony P. Hall</a> of Ohio, that expressed support for Ohio's motto and others that refer to God. The entire Ohio delegation except for Representative <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Tubbs_Jones" title="Stephanie Tubbs Jones">Stephanie Tubbs Jones</a> voted in favor.<sup id="cite_ref-CincyPost_Straub_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CincyPost_Straub-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By December, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Attorney_General" title="Ohio Attorney General">Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Betty_Montgomery" title="Betty Montgomery">Betty Montgomery</a>'s office had received 15,000 letters of support regarding the ACLU case, more than on any other issue during her term.<sup id="cite_ref-NWCN_Montgomery_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NWCN_Montgomery-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EllensburgDR_mull_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EllensburgDR_mull-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 16, 2001, after an <i><a href="/wiki/En_banc" title="En banc">en banc</a></i> review, the full Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed Judge Graham's ruling 9–4, leaving the motto in place. In a dissenting opinion, Judge <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_S._Merritt,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.">Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr.</a>, expressed skepticism that the state fully intended to separate religious meaning from these words. He noted that Ohio officials had frequently explained the motto to their constituents in religious terms: Secretaries of State from Brown to Taft had cited Matthew 19:26 in pamphlets, and in 2000, Montgomery wrote to constituents that "the destruction of our state motto is part of a carefully constructed plan to strip America of every last symbol of our faith."<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On June 7, 2001, the ACLU declined to appeal the case further, fearing the repercussions of an adverse ruling by a conservative <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States" title="Supreme Court of the United States">U.S. Supreme Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpartanburgHJ_Sidoti-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Similar_mottos">Similar mottos</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Similar mottos"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As noted in <i>ACLU v. Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board</i>, the federal government also invokes God in both its <a href="/wiki/United_States_national_motto" title="United States national motto">official motto</a>, "<a href="/wiki/In_God_We_Trust" title="In God We Trust">In God We Trust</a>", and in the <a href="/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pledge of Allegiance (United States)">Pledge of Allegiance</a>. Three federal circuit courts have affirmed the national motto (see <i><a href="/wiki/Aronow_v._United_States" title="Aronow v. United States">Aronow v. United States</a></i>, <i>O'Hair v. Murray</i>, and <i>Gaylor v. United States</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Peterson_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides Ohio, several other states, territories, and cities refer to God on their seals without quoting the Bible: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_South_Dakota" title="Seal of South Dakota">South Dakota's seal</a> bears the motto "Under God the people rule". <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Colorado" title="Seal of Colorado">Colorado's</a> includes <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Nil sine numine</i></span></i>, <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> for "Nothing without providence" or "Nothing without the Deity". <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Arizona" title="Seal of Arizona">Arizona's</a> includes <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Ditat Deus</i></span></i>, meaning "God enriches".<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_Steinfels_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_Steinfels-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mottos of all three were chosen before statehood by territorial governors.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Florida" title="Seal of Florida">Florida's seal</a> bears the national motto.</li> <li>Although <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>'s official motto is "<a href="/wiki/United_we_stand,_divided_we_fall" title="United we stand, divided we fall">United we stand, divided we fall</a>", in 2002 the legislature also adopted <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Deo gratiam habeamus</i></span></i> ("Let us be grateful to God") as the state's Latin motto.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seal_of_American_Samoa" title="Seal of American Samoa">American Samoa</a>'s motto is <span title="Samoan-language text"><i lang="sm">Samoa Muamua Le Atua</i></span>, which means "Samoa, let God be first".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabowski199247_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabowski199247-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>'s motto is <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Sicut patribus sit deus nobis</i></span>, "As to our fathers may God be to us".</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Coat of arms of Puerto Rico">coat of arms of Puerto Rico</a> bears the motto <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Joannes est nomen ejus</i></span></i>, meaning "John is his name". Like Ohio's motto, it is a quotation from the Bible, in this case the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Luke" title="Gospel of Luke">Gospel of Luke</a>, chapter and verse <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+1:63&version=vulgate">1:63</a>. The motto is a reference to St. <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a> or <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">San Juan Bautista</i></span>, the island's original namesake. It reflects the commonwealth's strong <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Roman Catholic</a> heritage as a former Spanish colony.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrabowski19927_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrabowski19927-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, the reverse of <a href="/wiki/Seal_of_Maryland" title="Seal of Maryland">Maryland's seal</a> bears the motto, <i><span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">Scuto bonæ voluntatis tuæ coronasti nos</i></span></i>, from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+5:12&version=vulgate">Psalms 5:12</a>, meaning "With favor Wilt Thou Compass Us as with a Shield".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Capitol_Square_Review_%26_Advisory_Board_v._Pinette" title="Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette">Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board v. Pinette</a></i>, another case involving the ACLU and the Statehouse plaza</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceremonial_deism" title="Ceremonial deism">Ceremonial deism</a> – American ritual invocations of religion by government</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=With_God,_all_things_are_possible&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes and references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Statehouse_west-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Statehouse_west_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ohiostatehouse.org/galleries/media/winter-west-seal">"Winter – West Seal"</a>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 26,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Winter+%E2%80%93+West+Seal&rft.pub=Capitol+Square+Review+and+Advisory+Board&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohiostatehouse.org%2Fgalleries%2Fmedia%2Fwinter-west-seal&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWith+God%2C+all+things+are+possible" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Peterson-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Peterson_2-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite><i>American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and The Rev. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sos.state.oh.us/SOS/ProfileOhio/SymbolsofOhio/motto.aspx">the original</a> on January 20, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Its unofficial motto is <span title="Chinook jargon-language text"><i lang="chn">Al-ki</i></span> or <span title="Chinook jargon-language text"><i lang="chn">Alki</i></span>, meaning "bye and bye" in <a href="/wiki/Chinook_Jargon" title="Chinook Jargon">Chinook Jargon</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WarCry-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WarCry_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/war-cry-1959-Sept-12">"Boy Sponsors Motto"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_War_Cry" title="The War Cry">The War Cry</a></i>. The Salvation Army. September 12, 1959. p. 16<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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