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==English==
==Latin==
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[[File:Seal of Virginia.svg|thumb|right|[[w:Great Seal of Virginia|Great Seal of Virginia]] with the commonwealth's motto.]]
[[File:Seal of Virginia.svg|thumb|right|[[w:Great Seal of Virginia|Great Seal of Virginia]] with the commonwealth's motto.]]
===Phrase===
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# thus always to [[tyrants]]; tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown.<ref>Random House Dictionary, Random House Inc. 2014.</ref><ref>[http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sic%20semper%20tyrannis Merriam-Webster Dictionary]</ref>
===Etymology===
#* '''2002'''. Good, Timothy. ''We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts'' (pg. 20). ISBN 978-0878057788
{{etyl|la|en}}, see {{m|la|sic}}, {{m|la|semper}}, {{m|la|tyrannis}}.
#*: Despite this uncertainty, the evidence suggests that [[w:John Wilkes Booth|Booth]] uttered the words “'''Sic Semper Tyrannis'''” and that he spoke this Latin phrase not from the box but from the stage where he had performed so many times before.
# [[motto]] of the State of [[Virginia]].<ref>[http://www.laprogressive.com/neoconfederates/ Neo-Confederates and the Rebel Flag: ‘Sic Semper Tyrannis’]</ref>


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# Thus always to [[tyrants]]; tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown.


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# thus always to [[tyrants]]; tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown

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Great Seal of Virginia with the commonwealth's motto.

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sic semper tyrannis

  1. thus always to tyrants; tyrannical leaders will inevitably be overthrown.[1][2]
    • 2002. Good, Timothy. We Saw Lincoln Shot: One Hundred Eyewitness Accounts (pg. 20). ISBN 978-0878057788
      Despite this uncertainty, the evidence suggests that Booth uttered the words “Sic Semper Tyrannis” and that he spoke this Latin phrase not from the box but from the stage where he had performed so many times before.
  2. motto of the State of Virginia.[3]

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