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Themistocles (Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; "Glory of the Law"; c. 524 – 459 BC) was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy.

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I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute; but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderable city to glory and greatness.

As quoted by Plutarch, in Lives as translated by J. Langhorne and W. Langhorne (1836), p. 84
— Variant translation: 'Tis true, I never learned how to tune a harp, or play upon a lute, but I know how to raise a small and inconsiderate city to glory and greatness.

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May I never sit on a tribunal where my friends shall not find more favor from me than strangers.

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— As quoted by Plutarch, in Lives as translated by J. Langhorne and W. Langhorne (1850), p.225

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For the Athenians command the rest of Greece, I command the Athenians; your mother commands me, and you command your mother.

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— Statement to his son, as quoted in Familiar Quotations 9th Edition (1894) edited by J. Bartlett, p. 723

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I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.

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— As quoted in The Columbia Book of Quotations (1993) edited by R. Andrews, p. 894.

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I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.

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— As quoted in The Quotable Intellectual (2010) edited by P. Archer, p. 152

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