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Politics is the womb in which war develops.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Develops Politics War Which Womb

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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Accustomed Demands Depend General He Heavy His More Place Response Soldiers

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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.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Act Carrying Continuation Instrument Intercourse Means Merely Other Out Political Political Act Real Same War

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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.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Always Any Begin Complex Elsewhere Here Looking More Must Nature Other Part Proceed Shall Simple Subject Than Thought Together War Whole

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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Frame Intended Man Principles Provide Reference Rules Thinking

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The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Considered Goal Isolation Means Never Object Political Purposes Reaching War

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

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Contradictory Even False Intelligence Many More Most Reports Uncertain War

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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Always Conqueror Lover Peace

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

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Continuation Different Independent Means Phenomenon Politics War

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To secure peace is to prepare for war.

~Carl Von Clausewitz

Topics: Peace Prepare Secure War

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Soldier

Born: June 1st, 1780

Died: November 16th, 1831

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