War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The very nature of interactions is bound to make it unpredictable. — Carl von Clausewitz Bounds Copy Share Image
Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense. — Carl von Clausewitz Aggressiveness Copy Share Image
Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment. — Carl von Clausewitz Defence Copy Share Image
Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice. — Carl von Clausewitz Conflict Copy Share Image
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity — Carl von Clausewitz Absurdity Copy Share Image
War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will. — Carl von Clausewitz Acts of violence Copy Share Image
It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical… — Carl von Clausewitz Bears Copy Share Image
With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are,… — Carl von Clausewitz Accidents Copy Share Image
Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature. — Carl von Clausewitz Enemy Copy Share Image
No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Politics is the womb in which war develops - where its outlines already exist in their hidden rudimentary form, like the characteristics… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
By 'intelligence' we mean every sort of information about the enemy and his country - the basis, in short, of our own… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
In War more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently to what we had expected, and look differently when near,… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Every combat is the bloody and destructive measuring of the strength of forces, physical and moral; whoever at the close has the… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads… — Carl von Clausewitz Courage Copy Share Image
“The commander's talents are given greatest scope in rough hilly country. Mountains allow him too little real command over his scattered units… — Carl von Clausewitz Mountains Copy Share Image
“The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by… — Carl von Clausewitz Judgment Copy Share Image
Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and… — Carl von Clausewitz Art Copy Share Image
Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and… — Carl von Clausewitz Achievement Copy Share Image
In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human… — Carl von Clausewitz Accidents Copy Share Image
Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The object of defense is preservation; and since it is easier to hold ground than to take it, defense is easier than… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We must, therefore, be confident that the general measures we have adopted will produce the results we expect. most important in this… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The first and most important rule to observe...is to use our entire forces with the utmost energy. The second rule is to… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The general unreliability of all information presents a special problem in war: all action takes place, so to speak, in the twilight,… — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
However much pains may be taken to combine the soldier and the citizen in one and the same individual, whatever may be… — Carl von Clausewitz Army Copy Share Image
Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. — Carl von Clausewitz Audacity Copy Share Image
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. — Carl von Clausewitz Action Copy Share Image
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