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The political object is the g...

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 Clausewitz 187 quotes

The more a general is accusto...

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

War is the continuation of po...

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Everything in war is very sim...

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Never forget that no military...

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

A conqueror is always a lover...

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Two qualities are indispensab...

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

To be practical, any plan mus...

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Whoever does great things wit...

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

War is the realm of uncertain...

War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Strength of character does no...

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Given the same amount of inte...

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Every age has its own kind of...

Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

War therefore is an act of vi...

War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

There are very few men-and th...

There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

No campaign plan survives fir...

No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

The object of defense is pres...

The object of defense is preservation; and since it is easier to hold ground than to take it, defense is easier than attack. But defense has a passive purpose: preservation; and attack a positive one: conquest.... If defense is the stronger form of war, yet has a negative object, it follows that it should be used only so long as weakness compels, and be abandoned as soon as we are strong enough to pursue a positive object.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Be audacious and cunning in y...

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

Criticism exists only to reco...

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

In war the will is directed a...

In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.

Carl Clausewitz 187 quotes

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