The Last Words & Cause of Death of Famous Leaders (Fire of Learning)

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[howdyl]

On Wikipedia it says “Observing derelict cars along the side of the road, Patton said, "How awful war is. Think of the waste." Moments later his car collided with an American army truck at low speed.” Those were his final words pre accident, but not his final words

[pulchnyhistorykfilozoficzn]

Constantine XI's last words (as well as his last speech) always somehow make me feel nostalgic. He was the last Byzantine/Roman emperor, defending shreds of the 2000 years of Roman tradition, fighting against overwhelming odds, with no hope of significant help, and yet - when he had an opportunity to flee, to forsake his soldiers and his Empire (though, at this point, limited to the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople), to live - he decided to stay and die fighting. Truely, fitting end for the Roman emperor and the Roman Empire as a whole - going out with a bang, not a whimper

[chasestimmel]

Constantine XI is actually a very interesting and tragic person, I highly recommend reading more about him

[stribe]

Lenin's last words were, "Good Dog." referring to his dog who had brought him a dead bird.

[morganmumma]

Scipio Africanus was my favorite. He was more or less exiled from Rome in the later part of his life by his enemies, lead by Cato the Elder. As the video says his tombstone (outside of Rome) read "ungrateful fatherland you will not even have my bones". You have to love that level of pettiness.

I wish they would have included emperor Vespasian last words, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a God". Obviously the Romans deified most Emperors after they died.

[DavidSSabb]

Napoleon III's last words make me feel kind of sorry for him, as he continued to be haunted by his final defeat in the remaining two years in his life. With his last words being "Isn't it true that we weren't cowards at Sedan?" (said to his personal physician Henri Conneau, who had also been at the battle).

He surrendered to avoid the near-certain slaughter of tens of thousands of his troops, who were encircled by the German army and being shelled from all sides. But he was still branded a coward.

[markosagaj]

I think my favorite last words ever were of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen:

He was in the hospital, and when he overheard a nurse telling one of his visitors that 'He's getting better', he sputtered his famous last words: "On the contrary!"

[billybertonazzi]

Not a leader but my favorite last words were from Roald Dahl after he said I'm not frightened. It's just that I will miss you all so much" to his family. He received an injection and his real last words were “Ow Fuck!” 🤣

[arcanistnpc]

Not a leader but certainly a man of great influence, Voltaire definitely had some incredible last words. He wasn't a catholic anymore but as he was dying a priest still came to give him the final sacrament. When the priest asks whether he would renounce the devil, Voltaire said: "Now is not the time to make new enemies."

[Neel-xbok]

11:54 So sweet that Napoleon was thinking about his first wife in his dying days and the French army of course

[Khantlerpartesar]

General McArthur, at least from what I heard, is by the far the only "foreign national hero" in the Philippines, he is even in a P5 coin which depicted his "Landing in Leyte Gulf". His words of *"I shall return."* and *"People of the Philippines, I have returned!"* really struck the core of the Filipinos during and after the occupation of the Japanese Empire.

While I do criticized him for being an lazy general and late-acted-plan that made Philippines unable to mount a proper resistance against the Japanese, he is still reliably the best foreign military leader in the Philippines that stick true to his words imo, WW2 Filipinos can mostly agree with that.

[sarahellie]

Fire of Learning is great. There what if historical figures saw the modern world are long but awesome

[AlbertoSantosDumont]

It looks like the quote they used for Patton was one of the last things he said while in the car before the accident. I don't think the video creator knew he survived for a time past the accident.

[bakthihapuarachchi]

It's nearly 3 in the morning over where I live, but one does not simply ignore a Vlogging through History video

[thetierbridge]

May I suggest Fire of Learning’s “How the Founding Fathers would see America today”? Interesting video, with lots of humor and talking points.
If not that, at least ONE video from the “Battleship New Jersey” channel.

[Elydir]

No love for Voltaire? When asked by a priest to renounce satan, he responded with "Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."

[jonasdybro]

I think emperor Titus' last words are super interesting. He was emperor from 79-81 AD and died of disease after a very short reign. His final words were "I have made but one mistake" he died before being able to finish the sentence. One of the more common theories was it being the fact that Domitian was going to succeed him (most likely started by the aristocracy who hated Domitian). Other than that his father emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD) said: "an emperor should not die lying down" he got up and then said, "dear me, I think I'm becoming a god" then died. Vespasian was probably mocking the fact that even though many emperors were deified after their death, none of them actually became gods.

[theveryworstluck]

I know he wasn't a leader, but he certainly wasn't a follower: I was always partial to Doc Holiday's last words, "This is funny, " referring to dying without his boots on the way a gunslinger was supposed to.

[Operator]

Love seeing ancient history here on the channel. Hope to see more in the new year!

[thomasholmgren]

Martin Luthers last words was "Yes" in response to a question if he was ready to die. He also has a death mask. Would be interesting to hear your perspective on such a influencial person.