Lý Thường Kiệt

Lý Thường Kiệt (Chinese: 李常傑; 1019–1105) was a Vietnamese general and admiral during the Lý Dynasty in Vietnam. He penned what is considered the first Vietnamese declaration of independence and is regarded as a Vietnamese national hero.

Quotes
Our destiny is writ in Heaven's Book. How dare ye bandits trespass on our soil? Ye shall meet your undoing at our hands!
 * The Southern emperor rules the Southern land.
 * "The Southern emperor rules the Southern land", in An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems, trans. Huỳnh Sanh Thông (Yale University Press, 1996), ISBN 978-0300064100