All Karl Von Clausewitz Quotes
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.
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If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
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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.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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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.
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