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''''Molon labe'''' is ancient [[Greek]] expression meaning "Come and take them!". It has been one of the slogans of the [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable rights]] movement in [[America]] among [[conservative]] and [[libertarian]] [[veterans]], [[patriot]]s, [[prepper]]s and [[gun enthusiast]]s. It means "Come and Take Them!"
It is [[Leonidas|King Leonidas]]' defiant reply to the [[Persia]]ns demand at the start of the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] for his 300 [[Spartan]]s to [[surrender]] their [[weapon|arms]].
Among [[American]] conservatives and libertarians the expression has become a modern-day [[Second Amendment]] rallying cry of resolve never to forget our [[unalienable rights]] to [[self-defense]], [[home security]] and [[deterrence]] against [[big government]] [[tyranny]] by [[disarmament|disarming]] in the face of the new Federal [[Nanny state]]-[[Police state]].
In the [[Texas Revolution]], the phrase "Come and take it" was also a rallying cry.
==See Also==
* [[Battle of Thermopylae]]
* [[Molon Labe!]] - a 21st centurty [[Conservative]] [[Libertarian]] [[fiction]]al "[[Battle of Thermopylae]]" written by [[Boston T. Party]]
* [[Molon labe]] - Slogan for the [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable rights]] movement - "Come and Take Them!"
* [[From my cold, dead hands]]
==External Links==
[http://www.wargames.co.uk/Pending/Archive/May04/phalanx-LDS.jpg Spartan phalanx]
==References==
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[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Second Amendment]]
[[Category:Military History]]
[[Category:Veterans]]
[[Category:Military]]
It is [[Leonidas|King Leonidas]]' defiant reply to the [[Persia]]ns demand at the start of the [[Battle of Thermopylae]] for his 300 [[Spartan]]s to [[surrender]] their [[weapon|arms]].
Among [[American]] conservatives and libertarians the expression has become a modern-day [[Second Amendment]] rallying cry of resolve never to forget our [[unalienable rights]] to [[self-defense]], [[home security]] and [[deterrence]] against [[big government]] [[tyranny]] by [[disarmament|disarming]] in the face of the new Federal [[Nanny state]]-[[Police state]].
In the [[Texas Revolution]], the phrase "Come and take it" was also a rallying cry.
==See Also==
* [[Battle of Thermopylae]]
* [[Molon Labe!]] - a 21st centurty [[Conservative]] [[Libertarian]] [[fiction]]al "[[Battle of Thermopylae]]" written by [[Boston T. Party]]
* [[Molon labe]] - Slogan for the [[Second Amendment]] [[unalienable rights]] movement - "Come and Take Them!"
* [[From my cold, dead hands]]
==External Links==
[http://www.wargames.co.uk/Pending/Archive/May04/phalanx-LDS.jpg Spartan phalanx]
==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Second Amendment]]
[[Category:Military History]]
[[Category:Veterans]]
[[Category:Military]]