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War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other 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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War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others.
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Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.
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...as man under pressure tends to give in to physical and intellectual weakness, only great strength of will can lead to the objective.
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In war everything is simple, but it's the simple things that are difficult.
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Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.
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Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.
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Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.
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War is the province of danger.
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War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
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Rather than comparing [war] to art we could more accurately compare it to commerce, which is also a conflict of human interests and activities and it is still closer to politics, which in turn may be considered as a kind of commerce on a larger scale.
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