Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

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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.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

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...

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

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

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

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...

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and...

Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...

War nearly always serves as an occasion for serious expansions of state power and the...