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In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.
Carl von Clausewitz
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Carl von Clausewitz
Age: 51 †
Born: 1780
Born: June 1
Died: 1831
Died: November 16
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Burg bei Magdeburg
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Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.
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In 1793 such a force as no one had any conception of made its appearance. War had again suddenly become an affair of the people, and that of a people numbering thirty millions, every one of whom regarded himself as a citizen of the State... By this participation of the people in the war... a whole Nation with its natural weight came into the scale.
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Knowledge must become capability.
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Knowing is different from doing and therefore theory must never be used as norms for a standard, but merely as aids to judgment.
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What we should admire is the acute fulfillment of the unspoken assumptions, the smooth harmony of the whole activity, which only become evident in the final success.
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It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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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 form their purposes.
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