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✵ 3. apríl 1770 – 4. február 1843
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“It was not until our rising that all the Greeks were brought into communication. There were men who knew of no place beyond a mile of their own locality.”

Theodoros Kolokotronis' memoirs (1846), quoted in: Jim Potts (2010) The Ionian Islands and Epirus: A Cultural History, p. 176

“Fire and Axe to those who submit!”

During a crucial phase of the Revolution, when Ibrahim Pasha invaded the Morea.
Kolokotronis's Memoirs, (2013)

“Greeks, God has signed our Liberty and will not go back on his promise.”

Theodoros Kolokotronis, quoted in: Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008) " History of Kolokotronis: Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843) http://www.kolokotronis.org.gr/default.aspx?catid=151" at kolokotronis.org, Accessed May 23, 2014.

“I was born in 1770, on April the 3rd, on the Easter Monday. The rebellion in the Peloponnese broke out in 1769. I was born under a tree on a mountain called Ramovouni, situated in old Messenia”

Theodoros Kolokotronis, quoted in: Stathis Paraskevopoulos (2008) " History of Kolokotronis: Theodoros Kolokotronis (1770-1843) http://www.kolokotronis.org.gr/default.aspx?catid=151" at kolokotronis.org, Accessed May 23, 2014.

“He was the God of War.”

About Napoleon I of France
Kolokotronis's Memoirs, (2013)

“49 years I fight for the Fatherland.”

To the question: "What is your profession?", during his trial in 1834.
Kolokotronis's Memoirs (2013)