Independent: Top retort of all time belongs to …Sparta

Other famous responses by Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Liz Taylor and even … Eminem

A very, very laconic — pun intended – answer by the ancient Spartans to a threat by Phillip of Macedon to topped a list of the 15 best-known responses in history — a list that includes the likes of Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Liz Taylor and even … Eminem.

Here’s the Spartan reply:

 

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