Why is New Hampshire's motto Live Free or Die?

There is a good answer at the top. I lived in NH and it seems that as long as you are not breaking laws, people let you live and just be happy without being on your case or bothering you.

New Hampshire is the best state I've ever lived in. (Just my opinion).

As for the 1.00 toll....well, they have NO SALES tax, so they must at least make some money somewhere.

Besides, you are STILL FREE to avoid the toll and take side roads.

Imagine...no sales tax!! And they don't have one up there.

"Live Free or Die" is the official motto of New Hampshire, adopted by the General Court in 1945. It is probably the best-known of all state mottos, partly because it speaks to an aggressive independence inherent in the American dream, and partly because of its contrast to the mild sentiments usually found in such slogans.

The phrase comes from a toast written by General John Stark on July 31, 1809. Poor health forced Stark, New Hampshire's most famous soldier of the American Revolutionary War, to decline an invitation to an anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington and to send his toast by letter:

Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.

The motto was enacted at the same time as the state emblem, on which the motto appears.

Many states have toll roads. If your too cheap to pay it then don't go to New Hampshire.

The motto became "Live Free Or Die," as once voiced by General John Stark, the state's most distinguished hero of the Revolutionary War, and the world famous Old Man of the Mountain was voted the official state emblem.

The motto was part of a volunteer toast which General Stark sent to his wartime comrades, in which he declined an invitation to head up a 32nd anniversary reunion of the 1777 Battle of Bennington in Vermont, because of poor health. The toast said in full: "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst of Evils." The following year, a similar invitation (also declined) said: "The toast, sir, which you sent us in 1809 will continue to vibrate with unceasing pleasure in our ears, "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils."

Becase this state values individual's freedom .

Why not.