And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Actually, Molon Lave is greek for "come and take them," first uttered by Spartan king Leonidas while trying to hold the Persians at the pass of Thermpylae. When Xerxes, the Persian tyrant, demanded that the hugely outnumbered greeks give up their weapons, Leonidas responded with this retort. When told that the Persians had so many archers that the flight of their arrows would blot out the sun, Leonidas said, "Good, then we can fight in the shade." Tough dude, that Leonidas. And his famous words are still a rallying cry, even in their native tongue.
Latin, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, who really knows? We can't keep up with the differece between clips and magazines, why should we care about some old language?
Latin, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, who really knows? We can't keep up with the differece between clips and magazines, why should we care about some old language?
Actually, Molon Lave is greek for "come and take them," first uttered by Spartan king Leonidas while trying to hold the Persians at the pass of Thermpylae. When Xerxes, the Persian tyrant, demanded that the hugely outnumbered greeks give up their weapons, Leonidas responded with this retort. When told that the Persians had so many archers that the flight of their arrows would blot out the sun, Leonidas said, "Good, then we can fight in the shade."
ReplyDeleteTough dude, that Leonidas. And his famous words are still a rallying cry, even in their native tongue.
Latin, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, who really knows? We can't keep up with the differece between clips and magazines, why should we care about some old language?
ReplyDeleteLatin, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, who really knows? We can't keep up with the differece between clips and magazines, why should we care about some old language?
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