"War is nothing but a continuation of politics……" — Carl von Clausewitz
"War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means."
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Carl von Clausewitz
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97 Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz has 97 quotes on this site.
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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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Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example,…
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Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses…
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There is more evidence to prove that saltness [of the sea] is due to the admixture of some substance, besides…
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...the institutional arrangement whereby most professional economists are heavily burdened with teaching and administrative duties may militate against a sufficient…
— Sir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod
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After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there…
— Obafemi Awolowo
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For benefits return benefits; for injuries return justice without any admixture of revenge.
— Confucius
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I feel what they feel: man-hating, that volatile admixture of pity, contempt, disgust, envy, alienation, fear, and rage at men.…
— Judith Levine
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From the throes of inspiration and the eddies of thought the poet may at last be able to arrive at,…
— Eyvind Johnson
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Fermentation is the exhalation of a substance through the admixture of a ferment which, by virtue of its spirit, penetrates…
— Andreas Libavius
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As the Holy Trinity, our God is One Being, although Three Persons, so, likewise, we ourselves must be one. As…
— John of Kronstadt
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Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
— Aristotle
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The questions most furiously discussed are those which have in them a basis of truth, and yet a large admixture…
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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