"Who jumped from the balcony of Ford's Theatre yelling ""Sic semper tyrannis""?"
Sic semper tyrannis people to expel the king and his family and to institute a republic. The phrase has been invoked historically in Europe and other parts of the world as an epithet or rallying cry against abuse of power. In American history, John Tyler's father, John Tyler Sr. uttered the phrase to a schoolteacher who had been tied up by Tyler and his fellow pupils. During the Civil War, at least one regiment of the United States Colored Troops used it as their motto. John Wilkes Booth wrote in his diary that he shouted "Sic semper tyrannis" after shooting U.S. President Abraham
Sic semper tyrannis Sic semper tyrannis Sic semper tyrannis is a Latin phrase meaning "thus always to tyrants." The phrase is sometimes said to have originated with Roman Marcus Junius Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar on 15 March 44 BC, but according to Plutarch, Brutus either did not have a chance to say anything, or if he did, no one heard what was said: Marcus Junius Brutus was the descendant of Lucius Junius Brutus who was the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first consuls in 509 BC. This followed his successful overthrow of the Roman monarchy.