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Quotes from Kolokotronis's Memoirs — Theodoros Kolokotronis

1770–1843 Greece

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

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

49 years I fight for the Fatherland.

Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)

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.