McVeigh wore a printed T-shirt with the motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sic semper tyrannis (" Thus always to tyrants ", which was shouted by John Wilkes Booth immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ) and " The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants " ( from Thomas Jefferson ).

Thus, as the concept of ministerial responsibility has evolved, the power to withhold the Royal Assent has fallen into disuse, both in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth realms.

Thus, after the Act, Ireland had definitively left the Commonwealth.

Thus the unification of the four provinces in the Union of South Africa, the idea of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and, finally, the great whole resulting from the combination of the peoples of the earth in a great league of nations were but a logical progression consistent with his philosophical tenets.

Thus both sides agreed to sign the Armistice of Stuhmsdorf ( Sztumska Wieś ) on 12 September 1635, favourable to the Commonwealth, which regained the Prussian territories, and the Swedish tolls on the maritime trade were to be reduced.

Thus in October 1653 the Russian Zemsky Sobor declared war on the Commonwealth and in June 1654 the forces of Tsar Alexis of Russia invaded the eastern half of Poland-Lithuania, starting the Russo-Polish War of 1654-1667.

Thus, Sweden opted for a preemptive attack on the Polish-Lithanian Commonwealth to occupy its yet available territories before the Russians.

Thus, on 15 March 1961, ostensibly to save Britain an awkward decision and causing a split within the Commonwealth, but more likely to avoid further condemnation and embarrassment, Verwoerd withdrew his application and announced that South Africa would become a republic outside the Commonwealth.

Thus, the phrase His Majesty's Loyal Opposition existed in some Commonwealth realms even before the title of prime minister.

Thus, today no minister of the Crown in any Commonwealth realm can advise the monarch to exercise any powers pertaining to any of the other countries.

Thus, even after the Statute of Westminster granted Canada and other Commonwealth nations full legislative independence in 1931, Canada requested that the British North America Act, 1867, be excluded from the laws that were now within Canada's complete control to amend ; until 1949, the constitution could only be changed by a further act at Westminster.

Thus the Queen of Australia is head of state of the Commonwealth but also head of state of Queensland.

Thus, the title to the islands was claimed by his descendants until 1978 when John Cecil Clunies-Ross sold under threat of expropriation the islands to the Commonwealth of Australia for £ 2. 5m ($ 4. 75m ).

Thus the Commonwealth and the Protectorate established by the victorious Parliamentarians left little behind it in the way of new forms of government.

Thus Catherine skilfully defended ownership of the house throughout the Civil War and Commonwealth, and, despite Murray's close ties with the Royalist cause, the house remained in the family's possession.

Thus the Silent Sejm is regarded as one of the first precedents for the Russian Empire dictating Polish internal policy, and a precursor to the partitions of Poland, which erased the Commonwealth from world maps by 1795.

Thus, while some Cossacks, among them the hetman Ivan Vyhovsky supported the Commonwealth, many did not, and Cossack unrest continued in Ukraine.

Thus, it became a member of the Alliance of Mediterranean News Agencies ( AMAN ), the European Alliance of Press Agencies ( EAPA ) and the Commonwealth Press Union ( CPU ).

Thus, while the idea of a Polish – Lithuanian – Muscovite Commonwealth was supported early on by some progressive and secular Polish diplomats, in the end the efforts of the few could not overcome Russian opposition to Catholicism and the fear that such a union would spell Catholic domination over the Orthodox religion.

Thus, on 2 December 1851, shortly before the end of his single three-year term in office was to expire, Louis Bonaparte staged a coup against the Second Republic in France, disbanded the elected Constituent Assembly, arrested some of the Republican leaders and declared himself Emperor Napoleon III of France.

Thus, in 1938, Somoza Garcia named a Constituent Assembly that gave the president extensive power and elected him for another eight-year term.

Thus the parliament consists of 500 appointed members altogether, where all are indirectly elected by state legislatures to serve six-year terms.

Thus, the Council was to consist of ( 1 ) all U. N. members administering trust territories, ( 2 ) the five permanent members of the Security Council, and ( 3 ) as many other non-administering members as needed to equalize the number of administering and non-administering members, elected by the United Nations General Assembly for renewable three-year terms.

Thus, Senates elected in off-year ( i. e. non-Presidential ) elections may initiate amendments, but not Senates elected during Presidential elections.

Thus, the two other leading candidates, Lucius Manlius Torquatus and Lucius Aurelius Cotta, were elected in a second election and were to enter office on January 1, 65 BC.

Thus, he became the least senior Senator ever elected to this position, and one of the least senior party leaders in the history of the Senate.

Thus, on 4 August 1903, Cardinal Sarto was elected to the pontificate.

Thus the leader becomes the Prime Minister and some of the other elected members of the government party in both the House and the Senate become ministers responsible for various portfolios and administer government departments.

Thus, Pelayo needed to be elected by his Visigothic nobles before becoming king of Asturias, and so did Pepin the Short by Frankish nobles in order to become the first Carolingian king.

Thus, each vote can still influences the outcome of the election even if the voters favorite is not elected.

Thus on 3 September 1914 Della Chiesa, despite having been a cardinal only three months, was elected Pope, taking the name of Benedict XV.

Thus the Second Dáil theoretically consisted of members elected in both parts of Ireland.

Thus, his political career was boosted and his cursus honorum finished as early as 13 BC, when he was elected consul junior partner of Tiberius, Augustus ' stepson and future emperor.

Thus, a collective agreement providing for fixed rights such as salary rates and pension contributions could not be revised by subsequent legislatures elected by the public at large, even if such measures were required to prevent fiscal insolvency.

Thus, although elected by the Supreme Council, the president is essentially hereditary-the emir of Abu Dhabi holds the position.

Thus, there can be at most 50 sectoral representatives in Congress, though usually no more than 20 are elected because many organizations do not reach the required 2 % minimum number of votes.

Thus, the Popular Front was organized, and elected in 1936.

Thus, in 1992, Carper was elected Governor of Delaware, defeating the Republican candidate, B. Gary Scott.

Thus brought into prominence, Mounier was unanimously elected deputy of the third estate to the states general of 1789 ; Mounier also founded the Monarchiens party in August 1789.

Thus, in its current form, the corporation is effectively a relict of Winchelsea's days as a ' rotten borough ' ( when Winchelsea elected two MPs but the number of voters was restricted to about a dozen, sometimes fewer ).

Thus, the Congress is one of the few democratically elected legislatures in the world that is completely renewed at each election.

Thus, Senates elected in off-year ( i. e. non-Presidential ) elections may initiate amendments, but not Senates elected during Presidential elections.