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Military Quotes/Quotations
I: Ibn Iskander
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"Once you
engage in battle it is inexcusable to display any sloth or hesitation; you must
breakfast on your enemy before he dines on you!"
Kai Ka’us Ibn Iskander, Prince of Gurgan (Persia) (1082)
"It is better to
die on your feet than to live on your knees!"
Dolores Ibarruri (La Pasionaria) (1895–1989), Spanish Communist leader
in a radio broadcast, Sept. 3, 1936
The expression became a slogan in the ensuing civil war
(the expression has also been attributed to the
Mexican revolutionary
Emiliano Zapata)
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