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Inspirational Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
- Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and…
- 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.
- Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
- War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
- War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.
- The best form of defense is attack.
- In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.
- There is only one decisive victory: the last.
- To secure peace is to prepare for war.
- A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
- War is merely a continuation of politics,
- War is politics by other means.
- War is the province of danger.
- There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.
- Blood is the price of victory
- Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.
- Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.
- There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.
- War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.
- All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.
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