Quotes Karl Von Clausewitz

A conqueror is always a lover of peace....

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

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certaint...

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

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

Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is ...

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

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

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate un...

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even mor...

Never forget that no military leader has ever become great w...

Politics is the womb in which war develops....

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man ...

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination....

The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy....

The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on h...

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reachi...

To secure peace is to prepare for war....

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, e...

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

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation o...

War is not merely a political act but a real political instr...

War is nothing but a continuation of politics by other means...

War is nothing but the continuation of politics with the adm...

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