"War therefore is an act of violence to……" — Carl von Clausewitz

"War therefore is an act of violence to compel our opponent to fulfill our will."

— 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.
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light…
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends…
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will,…
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
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