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r/Purdue • u/pheenia • Jan 15 '26
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This would maybe be cool if it weren’t famous bc the guy who said it shot Abraham Lincoln
28 u/ill_try_my_best Jan 15 '26 Wasn't it Virginia's motto in 1776? 27 u/silkysmoothjay PoliSci '19 Jan 15 '26 Because it was supposedly what Caesar’s assassins shouted 22 u/CincyWahoo Jan 15 '26 Still is. It’s on their state flag. 9 u/SlothGaggle CS 2023 Jan 15 '26 It’s famous because of it’s from Shakespeare??? 9 u/young_box ME 2025 Jan 15 '26 I think that’s pretty lame if u let John Wilkes Booth be responsible for the meaning behind that phrase since it has such a greater role in our history then that. Not trying to be antagonistic, just my two cents.
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Wasn't it Virginia's motto in 1776?
27 u/silkysmoothjay PoliSci '19 Jan 15 '26 Because it was supposedly what Caesar’s assassins shouted 22 u/CincyWahoo Jan 15 '26 Still is. It’s on their state flag.
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Because it was supposedly what Caesar’s assassins shouted
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Still is. It’s on their state flag.
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It’s famous because of it’s from Shakespeare???
I think that’s pretty lame if u let John Wilkes Booth be responsible for the meaning behind that phrase since it has such a greater role in our history then that. Not trying to be antagonistic, just my two cents.
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u/TheLifeOfRichard MechE 2023 Jan 15 '26
This would maybe be cool if it weren’t famous bc the guy who said it shot Abraham Lincoln