History Quotes / RousingSpeech

-->-- '''William Adama''', ''BattlestarGalactica''

* Ihlya Ehrenburg was a Soviet propagandist who was widely loved by frontline Red Army soldiers. When you read one of his articles, given to Soviet ground forces as a radio address and through the ''Krasnaya Zvezda'' newspaper, you begin to understand just why the German's hated the Soviet Union, and just why they were so terrified of them. It really is chilling reading:
->''"Do not count days; do not count miles. Count only the number of Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beg. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill."''[[note]] This speech is also used in one of the CallOfDuty games.[[/note]]

-->--'''Theon Greyjoy''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[note]] right before getting whalloped on the head by his own men[[/note]]

->"Don't fight for your king, and don't fight for his kingdoms. Don't fight for glory, don't fight for fame, don't fight for riches, because you won't get any. That is ''your'' gate Stannis means to break down, this is ''your'' city he means to sack. If they get in, it will be your homes they will burn, your gold they will steal, your women they will rape. Those are brave men knocking at our door. Let's go kill them!"

** By contrast opposing Roman general Gaius Suetonius Paulinus's rousing speech was less rousing but more on the practical side:
-->"Ignore the racket made by these savages. There are more women than men in their ranks. They are not soldiers - they're not even properly equipped. We've beaten them before and when they see our weapons and feel our spirit, they'll crack. Stick together. Throw the javelins, then push forward: knock them down with your shields and finish them off with your swords. Forget about plunder. Just win and you'll have everything."

-->-- '''General Revil''', ''MobileSuitGundam: Awakening'' by YoshiyukiTomino

--->-- ''King HenryV'', act 3, scene i, by WilliamShakespeare

--->-- ''King HenryV'', Act 4 Scene iii, by WilliamShakespeare.

-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''MassEffect2'', final battle at the Collector Base (Renegade version)

-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''MassEffect2'', final battle at the Collector Base (Paragon version)

-->-- '''Sarge''', ''RedVsBlue: Revelation''

-->--'''The President of Earth''', ''[[BabylonFive In The Beginning]]''

-->-- '''Commissar Markhov''', ''CallOfDuty: World At War''

-->--'''Theon Greyjoy''', ''Series/GameOfThrones'' [[hottip:*: right before getting whalloped on the head by his own men]]

-->[[{{Braveheart}} "Will you fight?!" "No! We will run. And we will live."]] "[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} And I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[Film/{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!"

-->[[{{Braveheart}} "Will you fight?!" "No! We will run. And we will live."]] "[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} And I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[Film/{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!"

-->[[{{Braveheart}} "Will you fight?!" "No! We will run. And we will live."]] "[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[Film/{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!"

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[Film/{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[Film/StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[Film/{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

->"''Space Marines! [[LastStand Today the enemy is at our door.]] We know our duty and we will do it. We fight for our honor, as Blood Ravens, as Space Marines, and we fight in the name of The Emperor! If we die this day, [[HonorBeforeReason we die in glory]]. We die hero's deaths. But we shall not die, no, it is the enemy who will taste death and defeat; [[AsYouKnow As you know]], most of our battle brothers are [[LazyBackup stationed in space]], prepared to [[DynamicEntry deep strike!]]''"

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[Film/PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

-->-- '''UNSC Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood''', ''{{Halo}} 3''

-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''MassEffect 2'', final battle at the Collector Base (Renegade version)

-->-- '''Commander Shepard''', ''MassEffect 2'', final battle at the Collector Base (Paragon version)

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[Film/IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

-> "''My brothers... we were forged in victory. A victory that ended the great war and brought forth the reign of Mount Olympus. Born from the depths of the underworld, rooted in the river of souls, our mountain emerged out of the Chaos. As it grew, so too did the might of the Olympians. We created a world of peace, a world of prosperity, a world that lives in the shadow and safety of'' '''''my''''' ''mountain. A mountain that has come to be the absolute measure of strength and power. Now, on this day, that power is to be tested. The mortal [[VillainProtagonist Kratos,]] seeks to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens destroy all that I have wrought]]. Brothers, put aside the petty grievances that have splintered us for so long. We will unite. We will stand together. And I will'' '''''wipe out this plague!''''' '''''[[ThisIsSPARTA OLYMPUS... WILL PREVAIL!!!]]'''''"

* Abraham Lincoln: "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address Four score and seven years ago...]]"
* Frederick the Great to his fleeing Prussian troops at the Battle of Kolin in 1757 : "Ihr verfluchten Racker, wollt ihr denn ewig leben?" (roughly: "You damned bastards, do you want to live forever?")

* Queen Elizabeth I (1588, defeat of the Spanish armada): "My loving people, we have been persuaded by some, that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear; I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects. And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honor and my blood, even the dust. '''I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too; and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realms''': to which, rather than any dishonor should grow by me, I myself will take up arms; I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, by your forwardness, that you have deserved rewards and crowns; and we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble and worthy subject; not doubting by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and by your valor in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over the enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people."

-->I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all error, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. Let that be realised; no survival for the British Empire, no survival for all that the British Empire has stood for, no survival for the urge and impulse of the ages, that mankind will move forward towards its goal. But I take up my task with buoyancy and hope. I feel sure that our cause will not be suffered to fail among men. At this time I feel entitled to claim the aid of all, and I say, "come then, let us go forward together with our united strength."

** June 4, 1940:

** June 18, 1940:

--> Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

-->"Any of you ever watch the Rambo movies? Because that's what this is. Sure, we're going in guns blazing, fucking up anyone who gets in our way, but by God this is a rescue mission. We've got a /b/rother behind enemy lines who needs our help! This woman is batshit insane and we can't let her continue fucking with him like this. She wanted to ABORT HER TEENAGE SON because he was viewing pornography. She tells him he's a rapist because he likes girls. She tells him that "his kind" are responsible for everything wrong in the world. She tells him that he is worthless and inferior. This is unacceptable to me as an Anonymous, it is unacceptable to me as a man, and it is unacceptable to me as a decent human being. Do what you have to do - tell the son, tell the ex, tell social services, '''but we are going to get our man out alive.'''"

-->-- '''Justicar Alaric''', ''Literature/GreyKnights''

-->-- '''Coalition of Ordered Governments Chairman Richard Prescott''', ''{{Gears of War}} 2''

-->-- '''UNSC Fleet Admiral Terrence Hood''', ''{{Halo}} 3''

-->-- '''Jake Sully''', ''{{Film/Avatar}}''

-->-- '''President Whitmore''', {{Independence Day}}

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[Film/GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!
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-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[Film/{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

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* De Gaulle, this same June 18, 1940. His government surrendered after the hero of the previous war, Pétain, was put to power. He was a brigadier general in London, with no army, with no navy, with no air force. His country was clearly on the track of fallen powers, however the war ended. For everyone else, it would have been the end of the fight. It was the beginning of his war, at the end of which he managed not only to regain everything lost, but to make sure his country was still among the great powers.

-> You all know the mission, and what is at stake. I have come to trust each of you with my life -- but I have also heard murmurs of discontent. I share your concerns. We are trained for espionage; we would be legends, but the records are sealed. Glory in battle is not our way. Think of our heroes; the Silent Step, who defeated a nation with a single shot. Or the Ever Alert, who kept armies at bay with hidden facts. These giants do not seem to give us solace here, but they are not all that we are. Before the network, there was the fleet. Before diplomacy, there were soldiers! Our influence stopped the rachni, but before that we held the line! Our influence stopped the krogan, but before that, we held the line! Our influence will stop Saren; in the battle today, we will hold the line!

-->''[[TheGreatMuppetCaper Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

-> We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy - the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial -carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, GreyKnights. We have already won.
-->-- '''Justicar Alaric''', ''{{Warhammer 40000}}''

-->-- Hahli, {{Bionicle}}: Mask of Light

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-->''[[MuppetsFromSpace Shame on you]]. [[AnimalHouse This could be the greatest night of our lives, but you're going to let it be the worst.]] [[{{Rudy}} Andd I guarantee a week won't go by in your life you won't regret walking out, letting them get the best of you.]] [[Film/StreetFighter Well, I'm not going home.]] [[OldSchool We've come too far!]] [[MrSmithGoesToWashington And I'm going to stay right here and fight for this lost cause.]] [[Film/LordOfTheRings A day may come when the courage of men fails... but it is not this day.]] [[StarTrekFirstContact The line must be drawn here. This far, no further!]] [[BringItOn I'm not saying it's going to be easy]]; [[StandAndDeliver You're going to work harder than you ever worked before.]] [[{{Newsies}} But that's fine, we'll just get tougher with it!]] [[{{Peanuts}} If a person grits his teeth and shows real determination]], [[ApolloThirteen failure is not an option.]] [[{{Rocky}} That's how winning is done!]] [[TheMatrixReloaded Believe me when I say,]] [[KingdomOfHeaven We can break this army here]] [[KnuteRockeAllAmerican And win just one for the Gipper]]. [[{{Alexander}} But I say to you what every warrior has known since the beginning of time]]: [[{{Network}} You've got to get mad.]] [[TheOutlawJoseyWales I mean plum mad dog mean.]] [[RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves If you would be free men, then you must]] [[TheGreatDictator fight to fulfill that promise! Let us]] [[{{Patton}} cut out their living guts]] [[AnyGivenSunday One inch at a time]], [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean And they will know what we can do!]] [[{{Troy}} Let no man forget how menacing we are. We are lions!]] [[{{Swingers}} You're like a big bear, man!]] [[{{Miracle}} This is your time!]] [[DeadPoetsSociety Seize the day]], [[GalaxyQuest Never surrender, victory or death,]] [[TheUntouchables that's the Chicago Way!]] [[ArmyOfDarkness Who's with me?]] [[PeterPan Clap! Clap! Don't let Tink die! Clap!]] [[{{Hoosiers}} Alright!]] [[Film/TheMightyDucks Let's fly!]] [[HenryIV And gentlemen in England now abed]] [[PulpFiction shall know my name is the Lord when I]] [[{{Braveheart}} tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take]] [[IndependenceDay our Independence Day]]!

'''Artanis''': This is Hierarch Artanis commanding the ''Shield of Aiur''! [...] My brethren, hear me, for there is little time left. All that remains of our race, our civilization, are those that stand beside you now. Trust in each other. Strike as ''one will''. Let our last stand burn a memory so bright we will be remembered ''forever''. ''En taro Tassadar!''