Cato the Elder 234 BC - 149 BC

Cato the Elder was a Roman soldier and statesman who fought against Carthage in the Second of the 3 Punic Wars. He believed that Rome could not allow Carthage to even exist and made a habit of ending every speech in the Senate, regardless of the topic, with “Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.” (Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed.) which in shortened form is rendered “Carthago delenda est!” (Carthage must be destroyed!). In 146 BC Carthage was in fact destroyed by Rome after the Third Punic War.