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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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.Karl Von Clausewitz
I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
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