"We chose to die on our feet rather than live on our knees" (300 rise of empire)

"We chose to die on our feet rather than live on our knees" (quoted by 300 rise of empire)
1) to live in our beliefs and comfort.
2) to live with dignity and with respect rather than pretending to believe in other's view and serve others with no self-respect.
3) we would rather die for voicing our opinion than die for voicing someone else's opinion.
4) die with dignity and live the way we want it rather than living in someone else's opinion and make life miserable. Eg: If you like chocolate ice cream and some one forces you to say you like vanilla ice cream. You should rather say you like chocolate and get killed than to eat vanilla ice cream which you hate for the rest of your life.

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