Application Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

In war, while everything is simple, even the simplest thing is difficult. Difficulties accumulate and produce frictions which no one can comprehend who has…

— Carl von Clausewitz

I don't underrate the value of military knowledge, but if men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

— Ulysses S. Grant

But how can you understand a war without any knowledge of the society where it happens? It's like trying to understand birth without knowing…

— Annia Ciezadlo

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as…

— Douglas MacArthur

Any method which appears to offer advantages to a nation at war will be vigorously employed by that nation. There is but one logical…

— George W. Merck

“We know that psychology is tremendously important in war. It is a field unlimited in extent, to which every conscientious soldier should give much…

— Adolf Von Schell

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

— Alexander Hamilton

Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that…

— Carl von Clausewitz

“Knowledge of self is one of the most important ideas in The Art of War. It is imperative that you know your own self,…

— Grant Lichtman

A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect, and with absolute assurance. Going to knowledge or going…

— Carlos Castaneda

War is a crucial, deeply ingrained part of human history. It has to be understood.

— Margaret MacMillan

It was my view then, and still is, that you don't make war without knowing why. Knowledge of course, is always imperfect, but it…

— Tim O'Brien