To stand forth as champions of freedom

 It is a noble enterprise for us, in the midst of the injustice and madness in the world, to be the first to adopt a sane policy and stand forth as the champions of freedom...and regain the good repute which our ancestors possessed.  Isocrates.  On The Peace.  Speech 8.  Section 141.


Image:  The Warriors of Salamis by Achilles Vasileiou, 2006, at Kinosoura, Salamina, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.


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