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

— Theodoros Kolokotronis Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008)

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Source: Theodoros Kolokotronis, quoted in: Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008) "History of Kolokotronis: Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843)" at kolokotronis.org, Accessed May 23, 2014.
Work: Stathis Paraskevopoulos, 2008
Source quality: Secondhand citation Quoted from another book or article rather than from the original.

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