Theodoros Kolokotronis Quotes

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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.

Theodoros Kolokotronis

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

Theodoros Kolokotronis

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.

Theodoros Kolokotronis

When we got our weapons, we first said for [Christian] Faith and then for the Nation.

Theodoros Kolokotronis

I was born in 1770, on April the 3rd, on the Easter Monday. The rebellion in the Peloponnese broke out in 1769. I was born under a tree on a mountain called Ramovouni, situated in old Messenia

Theodoros Kolokotronis

Theodoros Kolokotronis

Theodoros Kolokotronis

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Born: April 3, 1770

Died: February 4, 1843 (aged 72)

Bio: Theodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire.

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