"The conqueror is always a lover of peace;……" — Carl von Clausewitz
"The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed."
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Carl von Clausewitz
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97 Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
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Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light…
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Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
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War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends…
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will,…
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The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who…
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War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
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Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with…
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of…
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love…
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or…
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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all,…
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