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Who will help us if we fight?
Will Sparta come to our defence?
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Sparta! Sparta!
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The delegate from Phocis
asks the vital question.
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Athens has ships,
but Sparta has the finest army in Greece.
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Sir, is it not fitting that we now
hear from the representative of Sparta?
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King Leonidas of Sparta.
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A Spartan king cannot act
without the authority of his people.
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But I know my people.
And I know they will fight.
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Will they lead all others?
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Sparta will fight
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whether others will follow or not.
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- Sir.
- Yes?
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You will hear words never before uttered
in the history of our country.
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Athens,
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to prove her trust in Spartan valour,
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does hereby resign her claim
to naval leadership,
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and places her ships
under Spartan command.
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From this day onward, every Athenian ship
will sail under Spartan orders.
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We've done it! We've done it, King Leonidas.
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It's going our way. Of course,
we must expect them to argue for a while.
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Yes, argue while our house burns.
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When people are free to speak their minds,
they generally are more easily handled.
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That fool nearly caught me
with that prediction.
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I wouldn't care to go through
an ordeal like that again.
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Of course, it was throwing in the navy
won the day for us.
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Why did you do it?
The Spartans are no sailors.
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Thereby your admiral won't know
how to interfere with my running the fleet.