Look man
I’m not suggesting that you need to learn Latin
although learning new things is always good. However, there is a long tradition of freedom-loving patriots formulating their slogans in Latin (“Audemus jura nostra defendere”) or Greek (“Molon Labe”). So while you don’t have to be able to read The Aeneid or The Odyssey in the original language, there are some key phrases you should know so that you can recognize an ally by his patches, bumper stickers in the wild.
The penchant for classical language has a variety of source
First, there is the affinity of patriots with the republics of the ancient world , example the Greek democracies, but the Roman Republic in particular
Second, there is the tendency of the Founding Fathers to be products of the classical education tradition, so they had more than a working knowledge of the languages of antiquity.
3rd. it’s knowledge filed under
” cool stuff “
Every branch is represented with a couple of spares for good measure
Some of you may recognize, straight away & some you not
“Sic semper tyrannis”
“De oppresso liber”
“Legibus armisque devoti”
“Hiemes oppugnamus et montes superamus”
“Semper primus”
“Semper fidelis”
“Construimus, batuimus”
“Libertatem defendimus”
“Parati defendere”
“Si vis pacem, para bellum”
“Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem”
Because I am nice I’ll help you with the last one
“Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito”
DO NOT GIVE IN TO EVIL BUT PROCEED EVER MORE BOLDLY
While hearing guy, I sound nothing like him… well except the cussin part
one could file that under Common ground 🙂