Better we show them, we chose to die on our feet, rather than live on our knees!
Read more Themistokles QuotesFrom: 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)
Ephialtes : There will be death and destruction!Themistocles : Yes...Themistocles : There will be.
It begins as a whisper. A promise. The lightest of breezes dances through the rigging as it creaks above the death cries of 10,000 men. It moves through her hair as gently as a lover's hand. That breeze, that promise, became a wind, a wind that is blown across Greece carrying a message told again and again of our Lady Freedom and how wise she was to charge Leonidas to lay all at her feet. A wind, my brothers, of sacrifice. A wind of freedom. A wind of justice. A wind of vengeance.
Do not forget who put the crown on your childish head! My king. Now sit on your golden throne and watch this battle from the safety I provide you.