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

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“Greeks! today we are born and today we shall die for the salvation of our Homeland.”

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“49 years I fight for the Fatherland.”

“When we got our weapons, first we said for Faith and then for the Nation.”

“It was not until our rising that all the Greeks were brought into communication. There were men who knew of no place beyond a mile of their own locality.”

“According to my judgement, the French Revolution and the doings of Napoleon opened the eyes of the world. The nations knew nothing before and the people thought that kings were gods upon the earth and that they were bound to say that whatever they did as well done. Through this present change it is more difficult to rule the people.”

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