Karl Von Clausewitz Quotes

Karl Von Clausewitz Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Karl Von Clausewitz
Type:
Soldier
Birth day:
June 1
Birth year:
1780

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    A conqueror is always a lover of peace. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 3
    Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 9
    Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 10
    Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 11
    To secure peace is to prepare for war. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 12
    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. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 13
    War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 14
    War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 15
    War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 16
    War is nothing but a continuation of politics by other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    War is nothing but the continuation of politics with the admixture other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 18
    War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
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    War is the continuation of politics by other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 21
    War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. Karl Von Clausewitz
  • 22
    War is the province of danger. Karl Von Clausewitz

 

 

 

 

 

 

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