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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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...

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 nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.

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

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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 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.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

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.

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...

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.

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 the continuation of politics by other means.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

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.

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...

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

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.

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

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