Hence it was that, with the changing character of the prince, the imperial power might pass into a lawless tyranny, only to be checked by assassination, while again it might veil its forces under constitutional forms, adopt the watchwords of the Republic, exalt the Senate to a place beside the throne, and make even accomplished statesmen fancy for the time that the days of ancient liberty had returned.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
They have the Light within and without, and "watchwords" for every night, and songs for the morning.
"My War Experiences in Two Continents"
Sarah Macnaughtan
Never may the steps of carnage Shake our land from shore to shore, But may mother, home and Heaven, Be our watchwords evermore.
"Poems"
Frances E. W. Harper