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Object Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz
- The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.
- In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.
- What do we mean by the defeat of the enemy? Simply the destruction of his forces, whether by death, injury, or any other means-either completely…
- Whenever armed forces . . . are used, the idea of combat must be present. . . . The end for which a soldier is…
- The object of defense is preservation; and since it is easier to hold ground than to take it, defense is easier than attack. But defense…
- The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
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- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks… — Marcus Aurelius
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely… — Honore de Balzac
- The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
- To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir
- Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. — Joseph Addison
- We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting… — Arnold Bennett
- Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual, in order… — Annie Besant
- Beauty is no dead thing. It is the manifestation of God in nature. There is not one object in nature untouched by… — Annie Besant