Continuation Quote by Carl von Clausewitz

“War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other means.” quote by Carl von Clausewitz — Download Open image

“War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other means.”

Carl von Clausewitz

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Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.

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War is the realm of uncertainty; three-quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. ... war is the realm of chance. No other human activity gives it greater scope; no other has such incessant and varied dealings with this intruder. Chance makes everything more uncertain and interferes…

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