note that everyone is quoting Charb on this, sometimes just quoting the "I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees" that is actually him quoting someone else:
weired in my old greek lessons it was already said to be the motto of Athen.
http://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/3824
Maybe Zappata went to school and studied the story of Athen?
Did you mean to link to a different page? That one doesn't have anything like the Zapata quote.
Re:Je Suis Charlie
by majestic1211 on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @07:44PM
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There is not the Zappata quote, but it still seems relevant :
"Finally, for the Homeric hero, aretê consisted of a set of qualities clustered around the readiness to fight a beautiful war and die a beautiful death."
"preferring to die in their own land rather than live to dwell in that of others"
Re:Je Suis Charlie
by CWuestefeld on Thursday January 08, 2015 @10:05AM
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This has surely been a widespread meme for some time. The quote triggered for me a recollection of the Metallica lines:
Living on your knees, conformity
Or dying on your feet for honesty
"I am not afraid of retaliation. I have no kids, no wife, no car, no mortgage. It surely is a bit dramatic but I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees" - translation from http://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2rmgra/these_two_carto...