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.

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more...

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more...

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

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...

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.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

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...

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

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

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

War is the province of danger.

War is the province of danger.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

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.

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

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

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time...

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time...

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some...

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some...