“ Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. ”
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“ Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. ”
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“ Our knowledge of circumstances has increased, but our uncertainty, instead of having diminished, has only increased. The reason of this is, that we do not gain all our experience at once, but by degrees; so our determinations continue to be assailed incessantly by fresh experience; and the mind, if we may use the expression, must always be under arms. ”
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“ If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead. ”
- Carl von Clausewitz- Copy
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. ”
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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. ”
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“ The fact that slaughter not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms. ”
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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. ”
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“ The fact that slaughter not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms. ”
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“ It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition. ”
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“ Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas. ”
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. ”
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. ”
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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. ”
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“ Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in their attendant circumstances, institutions, and so forth. The difference, therefore, does not operate in every sense, but it does in most of them… ”
- Carl von Clausewitz- Copy
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“ It should be noted that the seeds of wisdom that are to bear fruit in the intellect are sown less by critical studies and learned monographs than by insights, broad impressions, and flashes of intuition. ”
- Carl von Clausewitz- Copy
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. ”
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas. ”
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“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. ”
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“ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. ”
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“ Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil - experience. ”
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“ The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. ”
- Carl von Clausewitz- Copy
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“ The fact that slaughter not provide an excuse for gradually blunting our swords in the name of humanity. Sooner or later someone will come along with a sharp sword and hack off our arms. ”
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