"Πόλεμος πάντων μεν πατήρ εστί, πάντων δε βασιλεύς".
Ἡράκλειτος ὁ Ἐφέσιος

"War is the father of all and king of all",
Herakleitos of Ephesos.
"Inter arma enim silent leges"

"In times of war, the law falls silent"
Cicero, Pro Milone, 52 BC
"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes."

Carl von Clausewitz, "On War" (Vom Kriege), 1832.

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Background photo: Danish volunteers, Finland, 1939. (During the Winter War).
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