• Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants". In contemporary parlance, it means tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown...
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  • Diego, California, U.S. Semper vigilo (Latin: Always vigilant or Always alert), motto of Police Scotland Sic semper tyrannis (Latin: Thus always to tyrants)...
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    state flag in the U.S. depicting a form of toplessness. The motto Sic semper tyrannis means "Thus always to tyrants." The flag may be decorated with a...
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    Lincoln was himself assassinated in 1865—with the assailant shouting "sic semper tyrannis" ("thus always to tyrants") during the act—as part of an unsuccessful...
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    In keeping with the Commonwealth of Virginia's motto, the words "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Latin for "Thus Always To Tyrants") appear at the bottom, which...
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  • Orleans, playing militia villainess Anne Boudreau in the episode, "Sic Semper Tyrannis." "Clare Carey". All Movie Guide. Retrieved June 17, 2009. "Clare...
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    United States, including four of the first five. The state's motto, Sic Semper Tyrannis, translates from Latin as "Thus Always to Tyrants", and is used on...
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    Sic semper tyrannis! ("Thus always to tyrants") either from the box or the stage, witness accounts conflict.: 739  Most recalled hearing Sic semper tyrannis...
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    mentions Virginia as an ally and includes that state's official motto "Sic semper tyrannis". The slogan was later shouted by Marylander John Wilkes Booth when...
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  • referencing books; see passim. sic semper erat, et sic semper erit Thus has it always been, and thus shall it ever be sic semper tyrannis thus always to tyrants...
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    Brown's head, like a halo, is the flag of Virginia and its motto, Sic semper tyrannis ("Thus always to tyrants"). According to Brown's supporters, the...
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  • Assassination Ford's Theater Our American Cousin opera John Wilkes Booth "Sic semper tyrannis" Petersen House State funeral Lincoln catafalque Lincoln Tomb "O...
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    ("While I breathe, I hope"); Virginia's Sic semper tyrannis ("Thus always to tyrants"); and West Virginia's Montani Semper Liberi ("Mountaineers [are] always...
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  • example: Caesar was assassinated when he declared himself dictator. Sic semper tyrannis: this goes to show that all dictators will eventually be assassinated...
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    President's box to the stage, where he raised his knife and shouted "Sic semper tyrannis". (Latin for "Thus always to tyrants," attributed to Brutus at Caesar's...
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    disrepair and was replaced in 1964. Allentown's motto, in Latin, is Sic semper tyrannis, meaning "thus always to tyrants", suggesting that bad but justified...
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    They hung an effigy bearing the Governor's face and a sign reading sic semper tyrannis ("thus always to tyrants") from a tree. The event drew condemnation...
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  • Crescent City, the team investigate the ambush of a Navy convoy ("Sic Semper Tyrannis"), a suspected war crime ("Shadow Unit"), the black-market sale of...
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    shirt at that time with a picture of Abraham Lincoln and the motto sic semper tyrannis ('Thus always to tyrants'), the supposed words shouted by John Wilkes...
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    morning using a truck bomb. McVeigh wore a printed T-shirt with Sic semper tyrannis ("Thus always to tyrants")—what according to legend Brutus said as...
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    Lincoln wrote to Thurlow Weed on March 4, 1865, "on the recent Inaugeral [sic] Address. I expect the latter to wear as well as—perhaps better than—any...
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    in the first episode of the second season of NCIS: New Orleans, "Sic Semper Tyrannis", playing "Right Place, Wrong Time". Dr. John performs "The Bare...
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    May the fourteenth star shine bright Latin April 10, 2015 Virginia Sic semper tyrannis Thus always to tyrants Latin 1776 U.S. Virgin Islands United in Pride...
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  • O'Reilly Episode: "Surrogates" NCIS: New Orleans Conner Episode: "Sic Semper Tyrannis" CSI: Cyber Holden Katnik Episode: "Heart Me" 2016 Lucifer The Would-Be...
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