Greece expects you not merely to die for her, for that is little, indeed; she expects you to conquer. That is why each one of you, even in dying, should be possessed by one thought alone - how to conserve your strength to the last so that those who survive may conquer. And you will conquer, I am more than sure of this.
"Life of Venizelos, with a letter from His Excellency M. Venizelos" by S. M. Chester, London: Constable, (p. 162), 1921.
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