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Carl von Clausewitz Quotes

German - Soldier | June 1, 1780 - November 16, 1831

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.

Carl von Clausewitz

Fog Action Speak Place Kind Seem

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Carl von Clausewitz

Peace Always Conqueror Lover

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Carl von Clausewitz

Simple War Difficult Everything Very

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

Carl von Clausewitz

Nature Uncertainty Clarity Certainty

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

Carl von Clausewitz

War Nothing Policy State Means

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

Carl von Clausewitz

Man Thinking Rules Principles Frame

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.

Carl von Clausewitz

War Isolation Political Goal Never

War is the province of danger.

Carl von Clausewitz

War Danger Province

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

Carl von Clausewitz

Nature Together Simple War Looking

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Carl von Clausewitz

Peace War Prepare Secure

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Carl von Clausewitz

Politics War Independent Different

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Carl von Clausewitz

Place More Soldiers Depend Heavy He

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