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War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
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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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.
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Battles decide everything.
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Boldness will be at a disadvantage only in an encounter with deliberate caution, which may be considered bold in its own right, and is certainly just as powerful and effective but such cases are rare.
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There are very few men-and they are the exceptions-who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment
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In War, the young soldier is very apt to regard unusual fatigues as the consquence of faults, mistakes, and embarrassment in the conduct of the whole, and to become distressed and depondent as a consequence. This would not happen if he had been prepared for this beforehand by exercises in peace.
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Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.
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War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.
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There are times when the utmost daring is the height of wisdom.
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The best strategy is always to be very strong.
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