Quotes by : Carl von Clausewitz

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.....

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin....

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

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

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse,....

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

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

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

Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has....