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Karl von Clausewitz Quotes

«Politics is the womb in which war develops.»
«War is the province of chance. In no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events.»
«I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.»
«War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.»
«Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war.»
«The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.»
«War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of politics by other means.»
«War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.»
Author: Karl von Clausewitz | About: War | Keywords: directed, inanimate
«War is the province of danger.»
Author: Karl von Clausewitz | About: War | Keywords: province, The Province
«A conqueror is always a lover of peace.»

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