Acts of violence Quote by Carl von Clausewitz Download Open image “War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will.” — Carl von Clausewitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acts of violence Opponents Violence War
War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. — George Washington Copy Share
War is an attempt of one group to impose its will upon another group by armed violence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Every course of action you take in life needs to be seen as a war. Why? Simply put, you will be exerting effort, expending… — Anthony D. Jensen Copy Share Image
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory,… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz 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 and activities;… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. — 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 not be… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight - like the… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment. — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
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… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
We repeat again: strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
There was a man named Robert Dear who in court said he was a warrior for the babies, whose ex-wife talked about his Christian… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“By the time they're out of preschool, most children have already seen thousands of acts of violence.” — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
We would never ask any other faith community to stand up and condemn acts of violence committed by people within their groups. The fact… — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I want people around the world to hear me. To all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
How do we deal with not just the acts of violence, but the extremist ideology that lies behind them? Because though the numbers of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Muslim leaders around the globe have to continue working with us to decisively and unequivocally reject the hateful ideology that groups like ISIL and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The introduction of numbers as coordinates by reference to the particular division scheme of the open one-dimensional continuum is an act of violence whose… — Hermann Weyl Copy Share Image
“He wished he understood where they come from: all the terrorists, religious revolutionists and hate-criminals. Did terrorizing entire communities of people help them sleep… — Thisuri Wanniarachchi Copy Share Image
By the age of 18, the average American has witnessed 200,000 acts of violence on television, most of them occurring during Game 1 of… — Steve Rushin Copy Share Image
Of course I tensed up when he touched me. To be with him was to hurt him-inevitably. And that's what I'd felt as he… — John Green Copy Share Image
We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are.… — Mahmoud Abbas Copy Share Image
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