delenda

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Cathago est delenda were now ever on the lips of the pioneer.

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  • Almost the whole number of the Garrisonian Abolitionists had by this time placed upon their banner of immediate emancipation the revolutionary legend “No Union with slaveholders.” Cathago est delenda were now ever on the lips of the pioneer. —  William Lloyd Garrison
  • But the shorter version does: Unionam Europaeam delenda est. —  Tabloid Edition
  • And before you speak about how one or another action would destroy your soul, consider this: when you sum up all the people who ever lived in all the places that took the delenda est approach - which pretty much covers everyone alive today, you won't find more than a handful that have ever regretted it. —  Angry Bear
  • (You will find regret among those who have had the delenda est approach applied more recently to their group than their group managed to apply to others, but that would stop very few of them from turning around and using that approach if given a chance.) —  Angry Bear
  • Cathago est delenda were now ever on the lips of the pioneer. —  William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist
 

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  1. Latin, neuter plural of delendus, ger. of delere, blot out: see delete.
 

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