For they themselves enjoy the prize of victory

From Carnage and Culture by Victor Davis Hanson. Page 334.

Now where men are not their own masters and independent, but are ruled by despots, they are not really militarily capable, but only appear to be warlike. . . . For men’s souls are enslaved and they refuse to run risks readily and recklessly to increase the power of somebody else. But independent people, taking risks on their own behalf and not on behalf of others, are willing and eager to go into danger, for they themselves enjoy the prize of victory. So institutions contribute a great deal to military valor.

—HIPPOCRATES, Airs, Waters, Places (16, 23)