The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

Quote by Karl Von Clausewitz

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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.

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...

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

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

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.

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...

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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...

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

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...

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...

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

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 the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

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...

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is the province of danger.

War is the province of danger.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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...

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

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

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.