cedant arma togae

[key-dahnt ahr-mah toh-gahy; English see-dant ahr-muh toh-jee]

Latin.

let military power be subject to civil authority: motto of Wyoming.

Origin of cedant arma togae

literally, let arms yield to the toga

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