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Knowledge must become capability.

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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Military Historian
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Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.
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Politics is the womb in which war develops.
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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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