LEUCTRA and MANTINEA
Who will transmit my fame
To remotest posterity.”
“For empire and greatness it importeth most that a people do profess arms as their principal honor, study and occupation.”—Sir Francis Bacon.
“There is nothing truly imposing but Military Glory.”—Napoleon.
“The conquered in war, sinking beneath the tribute exacted by the victor and not daring to utter their impotent hatred, bequeath to their children miseries so extreme that the aged have not further evil to fear in death, nor the youthful any good to hope in life.”—Xenocles.
“War is an element established by the Deity in the order of the World; perpetual peace upon this Earth we inhabit is a dream.”—Von Moltke.