Karl Von Clausewitz

War is the province of danger…

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering…

To secure peace is to prepare for war…

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult…

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some…

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with…

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter…

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means…

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the…

Politics is the womb in which war develops…

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating…

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

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of…

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time…

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