Quotes by : Carl von Clausewitz

War is the province of danger.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

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

We maintain, on the contrary, that war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition....

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings....

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered....

We propose to consider first the single elements of our subject, then each branch of part, and, last....

If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are....