Carl von Clausewitz
Prussian general and military theorist
Lived from: 1780 - 1831
Category: Politics | Scientists Country: 
Germany
Born: 1 june 1780 Died: 16 november 1831
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Knowledge must be so absorbed into the mind that it ceases to exist in a separate, objective way. ...in 1797 the secret of the effectiveness of resisting to the last had not yet been discovered.
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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
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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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Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
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Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity.
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Obstinacy is a fault of temperament. Stubbornness and intolerance of contradiction result from a special kind of egotism, which elevates above everything else the pleasure of its autonomous intellect, to which others must bow.
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Of all the passions that inspire a man in a battle, none, we have to admit, is so powerful and so constant as the longing for honor and reknown.
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Only a fraction of book learning will seep into practical life anyhow; and the more foolish the theory, the less of it.
On War (1832) Ch. 23― Carl von Clausewitz -
Only the element of chance is needed to make war a gamble, and that element is never absent.
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Our discussion has shown that while in war many different roads can lead to the goal, to the attainment of the political object, fighting is the only possible means.
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Phillipsburg was the name of one those badly drawn fortresses resembling a fool with his nose too close to the wall.
On War (1832) Ch. 11― Carl von Clausewitz -
Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.
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Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.
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The commander's talents are given greatest scope in rough hilly country. Mountains allow him too little real command over his scattered units and he is unable to control them all; in open country, control is a simple matter and does not test his ability to the fullest.
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The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing practical to alter or deflect the impulse to destroy the enemy, which is central to the very idea of war.
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The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
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The more physical the activity, the less the difficulties will be. The more the activity becomes intellectual and turns into motives which exercise a determining influence on the commander's will, the more the difficulties will increase.
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The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation form their purposes.
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The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
― Carl von Clausewitz
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