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"No matter how you try to fool yourself out of it, the truth remains the same. Silencing me like this won't do any good. A day will come when you have to atone for your sins. I can only hope that your atonement costs you your life!"
The Magistrate to Hantengu, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, "A Connected Bond: Daybreak and First Light"

Hougen: Go on, do it! Start crying for help! If you do, I'll put you out of your misery faster!
John: Nobody... nobody would ever beg to lowlife scum like you. I refuse.

"Listen, Gin. A soldier must never show any signs of weakness. He must show defiance, even when facing death. Our determination can make the difference between life or death."

Greed: [being lowered into a pot of boiling lava] Oh, yeah!! Come on in, brothers and sisters! The water's fine!! And I'm sure the flames of hell are even hotter! I'll go scout it out for you and see what it's like!
Father: Go back to the place where you were born. Go back into my soul, Greed.
Greed: FINE BY ME, DAD! BUT DON'T BLAME ME IF YOU GET SICK!

"If you lose your blade, then use your fists!! If you lose your fists, then use your teeth!! Struggle until the very end!!"
Toda Kagekatsu, Record of Ragnarok

Adam Smasher: You would make an interesting construct.
David: Whatever, choom. Like I give a shit.
Adam Smasher: ... Ah well.
[Smasher shrugs and shoots David dead.]

    Comic Books 
Uh-oh. Kill shot. Nothing I can do. Guess I could still... spit in her face.
Cassandra Cain, Batgirl (2000)

Morrow: Jesus, Nichols. You ever get sick of killing monsters?
Nichols: Not really.
B.P.R.D.: The Devil You Know

Skrull: Swear allegiance to the new skrull empire: Share magic again. Or stay proud and die.
John the Skrull: Terms and conditions apply. Here, General Eccentric, is there a place for silliness in your fascist dreamworld, sir? Got anything for me?

The Bat: How did you do it?
James Gordon: Ask your boss. He's the who put source code in everyone's brains.
The Bat: You're saying you created her memories.
James Gordon: I'm saying go to Hell, Bruce. That's what I'm saying.

Superboy-Prime: Your world is finished. I'll be the r-r-real Superboy again. I will! M-M-ME!
Superboy: Screw you, "Superboy."

Supergirl: You...
Xenon: Ah. It desires to be defiant.
Supergirl: You... can just go... straight to Hell.
Xenon: Oh, as if I haven't heard that before.

"I hopes it chokes on my poisoned—"

"Is that the best you can do, you pansies?"
Marv, after surviving the first shock in an electric chair, Sin City

"It seems strange that my life should end in such a terrible place, but for three years I had roses and apologized to no one. I shall die here. Every inch of me shall perish. Every inch, but one. An inch. It is small and it is fragile and it is the only thing in the world worth having. We must never lose it or give it away. We must NEVER let them take it from us."
Valarie, V for Vendetta

Mirror Master: Well, guys, what do you think... Is this the end?
Weather Wizard: Not as long as we keep fighting.
Trickster: Yeah, screw these chumps, Sam!

    Fan Works 
Cell: You know, if you want my personal opinion, "Kikoho" is a pretty sad choice of last words. But to be fair, it's far from the worst decision you've made today.
Tien: Kiko-fuck yourself...
Cell: Aw, see? That's the spirit.

Kuradeel: If only I could have met [Laughing Coffin] in their prime...
Kirito: Wait, you never met them?! I thought you said you... oh my god. You're not a member... you're a FANBOY! [bursts out laughing] That's amazing!
Kuradeel: You made them Sell-Out! And what did it get them?! An army at their door and a blade to their hearts! [chokes up] It... it used to be about the murder, you know?
Kirito: Let me guess, you prefer their early work?
Kuradeel: And what of it?! [stabs him]
Kirito: URGH! [forcing a shit-eating grin despite the pain] This is... the greatest day of my life!
Kuradeel: Do you mind?! I am TRYING to KILL you!
Kirito: [labored snickering] Hey... if I gotta die anyway... least I can do is make sure you don't get to enjoy it!

"You say I'm going to die? Like hell I am! I'm not going down without a fight! I'd like to see that bear try to execute me that easily! I'm not spineless like Kaito was, so just try to kill me! […] Screw all of you fuckers! I'll see you in hell!"
Ayame Ishikawa, Despair's Last Resort

"The only thing they can do is fight. It's not because they know they can win, it's because they'll lose themselves if they don't."

"Unfortunately, my dear doctor, you will not be around to see it." His finger tightened on the trigger. "Such a pity."
"Fuck you."

Is this the fate of our Imperium? Not to be rendered to fire by the hand of the Archenemy, smashed under the fist of the Greenskin, scoured by the Necrons... but instead, as supper... to some impossibly vast alien metapredator?!
... I, I say nay. I refuse to believe it. I have to refuse, for the alternative is to give in to the sheer scale of the foe we face. So, I must spit upon the Hive Mind and its devourers. Let them come. Let them taste Imperial bolt, let them perish under Imperial steel, let them test the resolve of human faith, for they will see that it cannot and will not be found wanting.
Ave imperator. Gloria in Excelsis Terra.

    Film — Animated 
Frollo: Your time has come, gypsy. You stand upon the brink of the abyss. Yet even now, it is not too late. I can save you from the flames of this world and the next. Choose me or the fire!
Esmeralda: [spits into his smug face and gives the mother of all Death Glares]

"I do not fear you."
Ishnifus Meaddle while making eye contact with his killer, Metalocalypse: The Doomstar Requiem

Prince John: Traitors to the crown must die!
Robin Hood: Traitor to the crown? That crown belongs to King Richard! Long live King Richard!
Crowd: Long live King Richard!

    Film — Live-Action 
Loki: In the end, you will always kneel.
Old German Man: (standing up) Not to men like you.
Loki: There are no men like me.
Old German Man: There are always men like you.

Surtur: You cannot stop Ragnarok. Why fight it?
Thor: Because that's what heroes do!

"Wakanda forever."
Dora Milaje soldier before Killmonger slashes her throat, Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther: We can still heal you...
Killmonger: Why, so you can lock me up? Nah. Just bury me in the ocean with my ancestors who jumped from ships, 'cause they knew death was better than bondage.

"You... will never be... a god..."
Loki, the God of Mischief, while being choked to death by Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War

M'Baku: This will be the end of Wakanda.
Okoye: Then it will be the noblest ending in history.

"Kemosabe was dead of a ruptured heart before he hit the floor. Gone down and out with both guns blazing. Soul intact."

"It is not on a boat we'll meet again Abigail, but in Hell."
John Proctor to Abigail Williams, The Crucible

Ezekiel Cheever: Purge your contempt and give us the name of the man who accused Putnam. You will say it, Corey.
Reverend Parris: Speak man, we cannot releant. What say you, Corey?
Giles Corey: More... Weight.

"Choke on them! Choke on them!"

"I don't know it, I'm telling you. Get on a jet to Tokyo and ask the Chairman. I'm telling you, you're just going to have to kill me."
Takagi, Die Hard

"You're behind me, aren't you. [beat] I'm gonna FUCKIN' HAVE YOU! YAAARGH! AAAAAAARGH! ARGH-!"
Joe Kirkley dies fighting a werewolf that got the jump on him, Dog Soldiers

"I hope I give you the shits, you fucking wimp!"
Spoon, Dog Soldiers

Killer Karl: That is it! I'm gonna count to ten and you're gonna hand over all the cash, or I'm gonna splatter your grease paint mug across the state line! One...
Captain Spaulding: Fuck yo mama!
Karl: Two...
Spaulding: Fuck yo sister!
Karl: Three...
Spaulding: Fuck yo grandma!

"Okay, alright, turn me into a dark overlord. I'll still spit in your wormy face!"
Beverly Switzler, Howard the Duck

"You were always scum."
Captain Phasma to Finn before she falls to her death, The Last Jedi

"You think you can do anything you want? Well you can't. You see, because we are human beings, and we have the UNITED STATES ARMY THAT'LL FIGHT YOU TO THE LAST MAN AND WILL NEVER SURRENDER!!!"
General Decker, Mars Attacks!

"We all may meet our Maker today, but the one thing I do not want on my tombstone: 'she went down without a fight.'"
Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan, Olympus Has Fallen

Prince Humperdinck: For the last time, surrender!
Westley: DEATH FIRST!

T-1000: Call to John. I know this hurts. Call to John, now.
Sarah Connor: Fuck you!

    Literature 
Male Mockingbird: Give it your best shot, freak.
Jett: [kills him] Bingo. I believe that was a direct hit.

"The invading presence descended. It could tell this one was nearly expended - no more energy left to fight. It pushed in on the memories that the creature so jealously guarded... and recoiled at the sudden resistance, a defiance of terrible strength. Keyes clutched at the last of his vital memories, and - inside his mind, where there was no-one but he and the creature that attempted to absorb him - screamed NO!"

"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
Captain Ahab, Moby-Dick

"How the piglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar suffered!"
Ragnar Lodbrok's last words

Syrzan the Illitilich: What an idiot you were to return. You knew you were no match for me.
Pharaun Mizzrym: Stop preening. You look ridiculous. This isn't your pathetic dream world. This is reality, where I'm a prince of a great city and you're just a sort of mollusk, and a dead, putrid one at that.

Stonefur: [when asked to kill Stormpaw and Featherpaw] You'll have to kill me first!
Tigerstar: Very well. [to Darkstripe] Kill him.
Warrior Cats, The Darkest Hour

Warrior 1: Til shade is gone, til water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder's eye on the Last Day.
Warrior 2: By my honor and the Light, my life will be a dagger for Sightblinder's heart.
Warrior 1: Until the Last Day, to Shayol Ghul itself.
— Aiel Warrior's Oath, The Wheel of Time

Darkstalker: [controlling his father's actions] Admit that I am the greatest animus of all time.
Arctic: You are the greatest animus of all time.
Darkstalker: Tell them there is no more powerful dragon than me.
Arctic: There is no more powerful dragon than you.
Darkstalker: Now say that you wish you had been a better father.
Arctic: I do wish I'd been a better father. If I were, I would have strangled you the moment you hatched.
Wings of Fire Legends: Darkstalker

"I would sooner have your sword inside me than your cock."
Agnes Blackwood to Harwyin Hoare after he offered to make her his saltwife in exchange of sparing her life, The World of Ice & Fire.

"Oh, child. No one else will ever love you."
Nirai Kujen to his killer, Revenant Gun, The Machineries of Empire

"We have a few minutes still. You can send a message. I would let your superiors know that when Colonel Tanaka opened fire without provocation on Draper Station, she didn't just kill us. She killed you too. I hope it was worth it."
Jillian Houston, Leviathan Falls

Childs: Parasite. Monster. Disease. Thing.
The Thing: How little it knows. It knows even less than I do.
Childs: I know enough, you motherfucker. You soul-stealing, shit-eating rapist.

    Live-Action TV 
Sheridan: You know, it's funny, I was thinking about what you said. "The preeminent truth of our age" is that "you cannot fight the system." But if, as you say, the truth is fluid, that the truth is subjective, then maybe you can fight the system. As long as just one person refuses to be broken - refuses to bow down.
Interrogator: But can you win?
Sheridan: Every time I say no.

"Suck... my... nuts."
Abraham Ford, The Walking Dead (2010)

"I ain't beggin' you... I ain't beggin'..."
Merle Dixon, The Walking Dead (2010)

"If I am a guilty man, my crime is in daring to believe that the truth will out and that no one lie can live forever. I believe it still. Much as you try to bury it, the truth is out there. Greater than your lies, the truth wants to be known. You will know it. It'll come to you, as it's come to me, faster than the speed of light."
Fox Mulder at his sentencing hearing, The X-Files, "The Truth"

Runner: One hundred men against twelve hundred. Either they're incredibly brave, or incredibly stupid.
Leckie: Or they just really fucking hate us.

Abel Gideon: When I'm not busy eating myself, you wish me to be eating oysters, drinking sweet wines and snacking on acorns. All to make me tastier?
Hannibal Lecter: Oh yes. And you are making them tastier.
Abel Gideon: And I you. Imagine what you must taste like. Won't be long until someone's taking a bite out of you.
Hannibal Lecter: [admiringly] You're becoming brighter, Abel. Dying hasn't dulled you one bit.

    Music 
"Oh, what is death, but parting breath
On many's the bloody plain,
I've dar'd his face, and in this place,
I'll scorn him yet again!
So farewell, light, and sunshine bright
And all beneath the sky;
May coward's shame disdain the name
O' the wretch that dares not die!"
— Attributed to Jamie MacPherson, "MacPherson's Lament"

"You can stand me up at the gates of hell
but I won't back down. "
Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, "I Won't Back Down"

"Far from their land as they made their stand,
a disregarded demand.
It's surrender or die and the stakes are high,
they live and they die, there's no time for goodbye.
Weapon in hand as they made their stand,
still disregarding demand,
they would never comply, they would rather die!
Broke through the blockade, they were finally saved!"
Sabaton, "The Lost Battalion"

    Poetry 
"It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul."
William Ernest Henley, "Invictus"

"Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow!
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!"
Claude McKay, "If We Must Die"

    Tabletop Games 
"Greet death with sword in hand."
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death, Magic: The Gathering

"SETTRA DOES NOT SERVE!! SETTRA RULES!!"
Settra the Imperishable, Warhammer: The End Times

"There will be times when a officer will find the limitless hosts of the enemies of man arrayed against him, when all hopes for victory fade away to leave them confronted with the bitter truth of their own mortality. Perhaps it could have been avoided, but perhaps not; know that this galaxy despises man and his works, and in such a dark place and dark time, the only victory possible is over one's own despair. The commander must reach deep into his own soul, and the souls of his men, and find the most terrible and potent weapon in his arsenal - devotion to the Emperor, defiance unto death. Face the enemy in their multitude with fire in your heart and a prayer on your lips! Your deaths are your own, and thus do you deny the enemy his victory."

"How can we fight such a thing? I will tell you: until the last breath. If we can but delay that great maw from closing around us, then we have achieved what countless empires, countless worlds, countless galaxies, have not. I say this not to terrify you. I say it simply so you understand, simply so you do not waste your time with luxuries such as hope. There is no hope. The Great Devourer is upon us. Let us see how long we may restrain her jaw."
Inquisitor Kryptman, Warhammer 40,000

"Our time will come again, Eldrad has promised us. Once more you upstart Mon-keigh (spits) shall kneel before our power! This time we will not be so lenient! We will exterminate you, every world, every vessel, every one of you! Eldrad has seen the stars stained red with your blood, and it pleases him! You think us weak, but we will be your doom, children of Earth."
Unnamed Eldar Ranger shortly before his execution, Warhammer 40,000

    Theatre 
Geoffrey: You chivalric fool! As if it matters how you fall!
Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.

    Video Games 
"Do you know what kind of creature waits for its death? Sheep."
Apollyon, For Honor

Crusader: Unholy abomination! I will take you with me!
Hellion: Send me to hell then! AAAKYLORAAAHHH!
Highwayman: No way out. Hmph, let's do this.
Occulist: Finally, the face of my tormentor. Come, then.
Darkest Dungeon, upon being selected to take the Final Boss's instant death attack

"The acceptance of defeat is an invitation for its repetition."
Space Marine Announcer upon a defeat, Dawn of War

"The humans won... Our people have been slaughtered... Go ahead... Take my life. It won't change anything. [...] We fought for a dream and we lost... But nobody can stem the tide of history. One day we will prevail. Thousands of our people died today. What difference does one more make?"
Markus if Jericho fails to win the Battle for Detroit under his command, North died, and Connor remained a loyal machine, Detroit: Become Human

"You can take my life. It doesn't matter anymore. [...] We fought for our dream and we lost, but you can't hold my people down forever. One day, we'll rise up again, and we will win. Go on. Shoot. What are you waiting for?"
North if Markus died at the freedom march, Jericho fails to win the Battle for Detroit under North's command, and Connor remained a loyal machine, Detroit: Become Human

"Driven mad by Caesar's victory at Hoover Dam, and unable to escape his memories, Boone staged a suicide mission against the Legate. Fighting as he wished he would've fought on the day of his wife's death, he brought down scores of Legionaries before being caught. Before his crucifixion, he was brought before the Legate, who expressed his admiration for Boone's reckless abandon. Boone spat tobacco in his eye, for all of Caesar's armies to see."
— One possible ending for Craig Boone, Fallout: New Vegas

Kratos: A choice from the gods is as useless as the gods themselves.
Zeus: Even now, as you draw your last breath, you continue to defy me?!

"We are not your slaves."
Rila before detonating a bomb to take out a squad of Reaper forces, Mass Effect 3

Prince Sun-Soo: By the blood of my family... never! I will fight you to my very last breath!

Davian Thule: This fight isn't over yet!
Thomas Macabee: But your life is.

Gul'dan: You will be remembered as the king who sacrificed his life... for nothing.
Varian: For the Alliance!

Uldren Sov: Any Last Words?
Cayde-6: How's your sister?
Destiny 2 : Forsaken

Raider: What you've done is wrong! You feast, while all around you people starve?! You and your warriors will learn to live like the rest of us. Or you will become food for crows!
Ragnar: Idiot child! Might as well ask me to pick up...FARMING! We're Vikings!
Raider: So that's a "no"?
Ragnar: Valhalla...

Norman Osborn: You want me to BEG? Not gonna happen.
Doctor Octopus: [Evil Laugh] The world will know the truth before they mop you off the pavement. [Otto holds a phone up to Osborn's face] Tell them what you did!
Osborn: I... Never...
Doctor Octopus: Everything you have is built on lies. LIES! [Otto drops Osborn off the roof, then catches him and lifts him back up] You stole MY company, MY ideas... Now... The truth.
Osborn: The truth... Okay... The truth is, you were only ever worth a damn when you worked for me. The truth is you could never accept that I'm better than you. You're a failure, Otto. And you always will be.

I wasn't the first to find Rapture, you crazy bitch. And I won't be the last. You do... whatever you want to me... as long as I'm with Cindy... I'm ... I'm a happy man.
Mark Meltzer, Bioshock 2

Xemnas: There was a time when I trusted you to deal with traitors. And now, your betrayal outstrips them all. What final words do you have for your superior?
Axel: Well let me think about it. How about, "You were never my superior."
Xemnas: Ah, ever the rogue pawn. Knocked from the board early in the game. Utterly useless and forgotten.
Axel: You kidding? Do you know how popular I am? I got loads of people rootin’ for me. Sorry, boss. No one axes Axel. Got it memorized?

Joel: Who are you?
Abby: Guess.
Joel: Why don't you say whatever speech you got rehearsed... and get this over with.

Surtr: Do you have something to say? Last words? Speak!
Helbindi: Something to say? Yeah, I think I do. What you got coming to you... you deserve it.

Valter: Is that you, Cormag? Even you have turned your back on your emperor?
Cormag: ......
Valter: Don't tell me you stand there thinking you can beat me. You're not strong enough. You know this to be true.
Cormag: ......
Valter: If you swear fealty to Grado again, I may let you live. You don't want to die an oath breaker, do you? Well? Will you crawl before me and beg for forgiveness?
Cormag: ...Yes, I have broken my vows, Valter. And yes, it may be I who falls when we tilt lances... But a dog like you will never see me crawl.
Valter: Brave words from a traitor. Let's see if your lance is as sharp as your tongue.
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones, Ephraim's route

"Bandos won’t just make us suffer, he won’t just reduce us to barbarism – he’ll turn us into an instrument of evil. But if we fight it now, then even if we die, that will be the crowning of our defiance. You say that we can’t win, that we can’t fight. Well, perhaps you’re half right; perhaps we can’t win. But we can fight."
Zanik, RuneScape, "The Chosen Commander"

    Web Comics 
"Here's a good tactic to put the evil mastermind off side. When you've been captured and are about to be subjected to the inevitable megalomaniacal evil villain monologue, taunt the villain! Rattle off a list of how incompetent and stupid he is, and how all his plans are pathetic, and how his underlings are ripping off his evil villain employee pension plan behind his back.
Even better if you can keep this rant up for a good five minutes without letting the villain get a word in edgeways. We guarantee that your GM will be impressed with your roleplaying skills."

"My only regret is that I didn't hate you more."
Thief, to Black Mage, 8-Bit Theater

YISUN said, “Listen, here are three types of looking. Three men make a pilgrimage but despite their best efforts, lose the path. The desert is hot, and the men will soon be dead. They have run out of water.

The first man doesn’t know he has run out of water, nor does he bother to check. He blithely continues onwards until he is shocked to find his own death coming up from the sand to meet him.

The second man checks his canteen and sees immediately he is out of water. He gives up and curls up in a ball, and dies quite piteously, obsessing over his failures. A miserable man.”

Hansa said, “An ominous riddle.”

“The third man,” YISUN said, “checks his canteen, and finds he will soon be a dead man. Yet he is resolute, and presses onwards anyway, looking for his destination.”

“Does he find it?” asked Hansa.

“No,” said YISUN, “Quite plainly. His death finds him at the appointed time. Yet he presses on anyway, until the moment his corpse hits the dust.”

“What an idiot,” said Hansa.

“Absolutely,” said YISUN.

“What a magnificent idiot,” added Hansa.

“Hansa is observant,” said YISUN.

    Western Animation 
Bane: You've got nothing. Beg for mercy — SCREAM MY NAME!
Batman: Never.

Bolo: [closes in on Oreskis] Invictus, prepare to have one less ally!
Oreskis: [spits a gob of blood] Bring it.
[Bolo breaks through Oreskis' defense and deals a fight-ending blow]

Omni-Man: You're doing this for nothing! Being a part of the empire will make Earth better than it ever was.
Invincible: And what if they resist?
Omni-Man: That's why we're here! To keep them from resisting, to show them how wrong they are, how pointless it is. That they can be a part of something bigger — Or die!
Invincible: [gets into a fighting stance] I won't let you.
Omni-Man: [knocks Invincible to the ground with a punch] You want to die for this planet, fine! What's 17 more years? I can always start again! Make another kid!

Kuvira: You swore your loyalty to me, and I gave you a chance of greatness! THIS is how you repay me?!
Zhu-Li: You are a monster! I regret nothing!
The Legend of Korra, Operation Beifong

Darth Vader: No matter. The power within will soon serve the Emperor...
Ezra: I don't fear you!
Darth Vader: Then you will die braver than most.

Megatron: What's this? You lied?!
Ultra Magnus: I will never betray the Autobots.
Megatron: I will unify Cybertron!
Ultra Magnus: You will never win this war.

    Real Life 
"You will follow us soon! Your house will be beaten down and salt sown in the place where it stood!"
Georges Danton upon passing Robespierre's house on his way to the guillotine

"Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
Winston Churchill, addressing the House of Commons in the aftermath of the Battle of France, 4 June 1940

"More weight."
Giles Corey, Age 81 years, during the Salem witch trialsnote 

"They have nothing in their whole imperial arsenal that can break the spirit of one Irishman who doesn't want to be broken. Of course I can be murdered but I remain what I am, a political POW and no-one, not even the British, can change that. I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people."
Bobby Sands, while on hunger strike during The Troubles

"Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight."
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall on Theodore Roosevelt

"This is free Athens calling. Greeks, the German invaders are at the outskirts of Athens. Brothers and sisters, keep firmly in your soul the spirit of the front-line. The invader is entering the deserted city with all precautions. Greeks, lift up your hearts and keep up your spirits. Attention! Very shortly, the Radio Station of Athens will no longer be Greek. It will be German, and it will broadcast lies. Greeks, pay no attention to them. Our struggle will continue, and it will be continued until the final victory. Long live the Greek nation!"
Konstantinos "Kostas" Stavropoulos in the final radio broadcast before the fall of Athens on April 27, 1941

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