Carl von Clausewitz Quotes - Page 7

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• We shall not enter into any of the abstruse definitions of war used by publicists. We shall keep to the element of the thing itself, to a duel. War is nothing but a duel on an extensive scale.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Elements, Definitions

  Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “On War: Vom Kriege: fog of war”, p.7, Aegitas

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• The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Different, Serious

  Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.117, Princeton University Press

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• War is the province of chance. In no sphere of human activity is such a margin to be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance, and deranges the course of events.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, War, Events

  "The Essential Clausewitz: Selections from On War".

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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.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Finals, Assumption, Harmony

  "On War (Book 3)". Book by Carl von Clausewitz, 1832.

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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.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Determination, Military, War

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• In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Military, War, Objects

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.149, Princeton University Press

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• The deduction of effect from cause is often blocked by some insuperable extrinsic obstacle: the true causes may be quite unknown. Nowhere in life is this so common as in war, where the facts are seldom fully known and the underlying motives even less so.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, May, Causes

  Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.156, Princeton University Press

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• War is the province of danger.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Danger, Provinces

  Carl Von Clausewitz (2014). “Essential On War for Business: The Classic Work by Carl von Clausewitz for Business Today”, p.21, Hachette UK

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• War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Veterans Day, War, Should

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.88, Princeton University Press

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

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Mean, Politics

  Carl von Clausewitz (1943). “On war: Translated from the German by O.J. Matthijs Jolles”

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• The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  War, Lying, Heart

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