Carl Von Clausewitz: Quotes and Facts
- ISBN-10
- 1541064453
- ISBN-13
- 9781541064454
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12-11
- Author
- Blago Kirov
Description
This book is an anthology of quotes from Carl von Clausewitz and selected facts about Carl von Clausewitz. "A conqueror is always a lover of peace.""All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.""Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defence.""Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.""Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.""Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.""In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.""In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.""It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.""Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.""Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.""Politics is the womb in which war develops.""Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.""Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment."
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- 2009-01-01
- 283 pages
- Paperback
- Walter de Gruyter