A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of...

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of...

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all...

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

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

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

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

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

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

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

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a...

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a...

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with...

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with...

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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

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

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the...

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the...

War is the province of danger.

War is the province of danger.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in...

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in...

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.