Sic semper tyrannis

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Sic Semper Tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "Thus Always to Tyrants". It is the official motto of the U.S. State of Virginia.[1]

John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln, was reported to have said it as he leaped from Lincoln's theater box after shooting him.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Trivia Facts, Commonwealth of Virginia official site
  2. ↑ Assassination of Lincoln, Ford's Theater, U.S. National Park Service
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