Best Carl von Clausewitz Sayings
- If we do not learn to regard a war, and the separate campaigns of which it is composed, as a chain of linked engagements each… Campaigns
- No campaign plan survives first contact with the enemy Campaign
- Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men. Majority
- A conqueror is always a lover of peace. Conqueror
- 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… Any
- Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests and activities; and… Accurately
- War is merely a continuation of politics, Continuation
- War is politics by other means. Inspirational
- 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… Abandoned
- War is the province of danger. Danger
- The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response. Accustomed
- Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this… Art
- War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will. Act
- Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature. Enemy
- Any complex activity, if it is to be carried on with any degree of virtuosity, calls for appropriate gifts of intellect and temperament. If they… Achievement
- With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the… Accidents
- There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom. Daring
- But the main point is that soldiers, after fighting for some time, are apt to be like burned-out cinders. They have shot off their ammunition,… Accurate
- To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it. Account
- War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy. Autonomous
- Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in… Achieve
- If you entrench yourself behind strong fortifications, you compel the enemy seek a solution elsewhere. Behind
- The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Bloody
- Only great and general battles can produce great results Battle
- Blood is the price of victory Blood
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