Puzzle Description:

English: "Thus always to tyrants." It is sometimes mistranslated as "Down with the tyrant." It is the official motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the image of which I used for this puzzle. This is Virtue conquering Tyranny. The joke in Virginia is that Sic Semper Tyrannis means "Get your foot off my neck."

#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Nov 18, 2011

The phrase is said to have originated with Marcus Junius Brutus during the assassination of Julius Caesar. In the U.S. it has particular infamy as the words shouted by John Wilkes Booth during his assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. The phrase has been invoked historically in Europe and other parts of the world as an epithet or rallying cry against abuse of power.

Here is the seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg

funny twist on the original
nicely done

Great image again Teresa,this whole series is just one great puzzle after another,hope it never ends.:)

Great puzzle, a good way to start my weekend. Thanks!

I checked out the seal on the link you gave. You've captured its essence for sure. Awesome puzzle once again. Thanks Teresa.

Thanks, everyone. If you looked at the link, you will notice that I covered up her boobie that was hanging out in the original seal image. I actually started out with it that way, but it looked a little too risque in pixelated format, so I hitched up her toga. :-D

good job.

Great puzzle and a pleasure to solve. It's interesting that on the seal Virtue is depicted as a woman and Tyranny as a man...

In the cro-magnon days, cave women would catch men by spearing them through both knees.

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This is what happens when you try to touch the pole dancers.

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Veronica let Jughead know how upset she was at him.

:-D @ BT comment.

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