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Theodoros Kolokotronis Quotes

1770–1843 Greece

Theodoros Kolokotronis [Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης] (3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek military leader during the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829).

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Military leaders

Random Theodoros Kolokotronis quote

8 quotes

Greeks, God has signed our Liberty and will not go back on his promise.

Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008)

Greeks! today we are born and today we shall die for the salvation of our Homeland.

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

The French Revolution opened the eyes of the world.

49 years I fight for the Fatherland.

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

It was not until our rising that all the Greeks were brought into communication. There were men who knew of no place beyond a mile of their own locality.

Theodoros Kolokotronis' memoirs (1846)

Fire and Axe to those who submit!

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

When we got our weapons, first we said for [Christian] Faith and then for the Nation.

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

According to my judgement, the French Revolution and the doings of Napoleon opened the eyes of the world. The nations knew nothing before and the people thought that kings were gods upon the earth and that they were bound to say that whatever they did as well done. Through this present change it is more difficult to rule the people.

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

Attribution

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