Themistocles famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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He who commands the sea has command of everything.
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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
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I cannot fiddle, but I can make a great state from a little city.
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The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you.
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I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and obscure city to glory and greatness...whereto all kindreds of the earth will pilgrim.
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I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
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May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.
-- Themistocles
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What one can be, one must be!
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When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.
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I would need to see changes in the Iraq governance. Otherwise I don't think strikes are going to have any impact and could be very well counterproductive.
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Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.
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I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.
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In peace there is profundity from which the highest respect arises from respect comes power and command therefore observe peace.
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Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
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The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; The English oak, which, dead, commands the flood.
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Command is often not what you do but the way you do it.
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When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.
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