"Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges" (Cicero)

“Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, and they will then live. When people fall into danger, they are then able to strive for victory.”(Sun Tzu)

“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
(Sun Tzu)

"Der Krieg ist nichts anderes als eine Fortsetzung des politischen Verkehrs mit Einmischung anderer Mittel." (Clausewitz)

"Der Krieg ist Vater aller Dinge" (Heraklit)

"Nur die Toten haben wirklich das Ende des Krieges erlebt" (Plato)

"The God of War hates those who hesitate." (Euripides)

"Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men." (General Patton)

"War is the trade of kings." (John Dryden)

"War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading." (Thomas Hardy)

"History is written by the Victor" (Winston Churchil)