Julian, to his fleeing troops at the Battle of Strasbourg, as recorded by Ammianus Marcellinus, in Book XVI of his history<!-- Loeb Classical Library -->. His army rallied and defeated the German forces. Here, the term "republic" was used in its literal Latin meaning to denote the Roman state.
General sources
Context: Whither are we fleeing, my most valiant men? Do you not know that flight never leads to safety, but shows the folly of a useless effort? Let us return to our companions, to be at least sharers in their coming glory, if it is without consideration that we are abandoning them as they fight for the Republic.
Love and Death (1975)
“All the soul of man is resolution, which in valiant men falters never, until their last breath.”
Ian Smith, "Bitter Harvest".
“The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.”
Details, 2010
Variant: Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.
Source: Julius Caesar
Second Dialogue; translated by Judith R. Bush, Christopher Kelly, Roger D. Masters
Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques (published 1782)
“Sufism is to eat little and to take rest with God, and to flee from men.”
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 54
The Titmouse http://www.readbookonline.net/readOnLine/1176/, st. 5
1860s, May-Day and Other Pieces (1867)
Regarding her possibility of becoming Prime Minister, during Prime Minister's Questions, August, 2008. Link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG64EwwmO90.
