300

"See, old friend, I brought more soldiers than you did!"

Messenger: "This is blasphemy! This is madness!"
King Leonidas: "Madness...? THIS IS SPARTA!"

"Choose your next words carefully, Leonidas. They may be your last as king."

"Children, gather round! No retreat, no surrender; that is Spartan law. And by Spartan law we will stand and fight... and die. A new age has begun. An age of freedom, and all will know, that 300 Spartans gave their last breath to defend it!"

"There's only one woman's words that should affect the mood of my husband. Those are mine."

"'Goodbye my love.' He doesn't say it. There's no room for softness... not in Sparta. No place for weakness. Only the hard and strong may call themselves Spartans. Only the hard, only the strong."

"Taught never to retreat, never to surrender. Taught that death on the battlefield in service to Sparta was the greatest glory he could achieve in his life."

"Unlike the cruel Leonidas, who demanded that you stand, I require only that you kneel."