He who is ashamed of slave origins is no true warrior.

Intelligence is worth a thousand soldiers.

He who does not advance, retreats.

The more troops, the better I command them.

-- The greatest military mind of early imperial China, whose campaigns established the Han dynasty (c. 231-196 BCE). Han Xin's tactical innovations — including the legendary 'battle with backs to the river' — demonstrated that battlefield psychology and terrain exploitation could overcome any numerical disadvantage. His reward

Let us put an end to this war. For we know how to win battles but not how to use our victories.

-- The Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps with elephants and brought Rome to its knees

The purpose of maintaining military forces for a hundred years is solely to preserve peace.

-- The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase

A conqueror must wield both the sword and the law.

-- The Turco-Mongol conqueror who built an empire fro

The greatest joy of a conqueror is to drive his enemies before him, to seize their horses and treasure, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

-- The founder of the Mongol Empire who created histo

Never leave an enemy behind, or it will rise again to fly at your throat.

-- The Zulu king who transformed a minor southern Afr