Make up your minds that happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
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Pericles was athenian statesman and general (c.495–429 bc). Pericles was a Greek statesman and general during the Golden Age of Athens. He was prominent and influential in Ancient Athenian politics, particularly between the Greco-Persian Wars and the Peloponnesian War, and was acclaimed by Thucydides, a contemporary historian, as "the first citizen of Athens". Read more on Wikipedia →