Themistocles

“Strike, but hear me.”

“He who is master of the sea is master of the situation.”

“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.”

“The wooden wall is the only thing that will be impregnable and will bring you and your children salvation.”

“We have left our houses and our walls, because we were not willing to become slaves for the sake of things that have no life or soul.”

“Which would you rather be? The victor in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are the victors?”