‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers’ is one of the well-known lines from the rousing St. Crispin’s Day Speech given by the king in Shakespeare’s Henry V.

Henry was exhorting his men to greater valour and toward a famous victory against the French at the Battle of Agincourt. The fact that they were outnumbered by the French should not concern them and would only serve to strengten their brotherhood and reputation in the future.