Quotes by Carl von Clausewitz

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

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"Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead."

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

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"Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain."

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"To secure peace is to prepare for war."

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"War is the continuation of politics by other means."

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

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"War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means."

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