May I give the floor now to the wife of Leonidas and Queen of Sparta.

Councilmen, I stand before you not only as your Queen. I come to you as a mother. I come to you as a wife. I come to you as a Spartan woman. I come to you with great humility.

I am not here to represent Leonidas. His actions speak louder than my words ever could. I am here for all those voices which cannot be heard: mothers, daughters, fathers, sons — 300 families that bleed for our rights, and for the very principles this room was built upon.

We are at war, gentlemen. We must send the entire Spartan army to aid our King in the preservation of not just ourselves, but of our children.

Send the army for the preservation of liberty.

Send it for justice.

Send it for law and order.

Send it for reason.

But most importantly, send our army for hope — hope that a king and his men have not been wasted to the pages of history; that their courage bonds us together; that we are made stronger by their actions; and that your choices today reflect their bravery.

现在请允许我将发言权给予列奥尼达的妻子同时也是斯巴达的皇后.

议员们, 我站在你们面前不仅仅是你们的皇后. 我作为一名母亲来到这里. 我作为一名妻子来到这里. 我作为一名斯巴达的妇女来到这里. 我带着极大的谦卑来到这里.

我不是来这里表现列奥尼达的. 他的行动远比我的言辞响亮. 我来这里是为那些不能被听见的声音: 母亲, 女儿, 父亲, 儿子 — 三百个家庭为了我们的权利, 为了建造这大厅所要维护的原则在流血.

我们在打仗, 先生们. 我们必须派整个斯巴达军队去援助我们的国王, 不仅仅是保存我们自己还有我们的孩子.

为了保存自由而出兵.

为了正义而出兵.

为了法律和秩序而出兵.

为了理智而出兵.

但最重要的, 为了希望而出兵 — 希望国王和他的人不会被浪费在历史的纸张上; 他们的勇气把我们结合在一起; 他们的行动令我们更加坚强; 你们今天的选择反映出他们的勇敢.

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