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Themistocles Quotes

524 BC–459 BC Greece

Themistocles (Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; "Glory of the Law"; c. 524 – 459 BC) was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy.

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May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.

He who controls the sea controls everything.

I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderable city to glory and greatness.

I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

The Quotable Intellectual (2010)

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

The Columbia Book of Quotations (1993)

For the Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your mother commands me, and you command your mother.

Strike, if you will, but hear.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Themistocles (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.