Carl Von Clausewitz Quotes
Carl Von Clausewitz Quotes
If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, 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 second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
4268 War is merely the continuation of politics by other means
2296 The first, the supreme, the most far-reaching act of judgment that the statesman and commander have to make is to establish by that test the kind of war on which they are embarking; neither mistaking it for, nor trying to turn it into, something that is alien to its nature.
3778 The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.
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