• “Come back with your shield, or on it.”

• [When asked why she thinks she, as a woman, can speak among men] “Because only Spartan women give birth to real men.”

• “Freedom is not free, that it comes with the highest of sacrifices. The price of blood.”

• [Having stabbed Theron and while holding sword into his body] “This will not be over quickly. You will not enjoy this. I am not your Queen.”

• “It is not a question of what a Spartan citizen should do, nor a husband, nor a king. Instead, ask yourself, my dearest love, what would a free man do?”

• “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 - three hundred 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.”

• “There is only one woman’s words that should affect the mood of my husband… Those are mine.”