Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.
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War is the province of chance. In no other sphere of human activity must such a margin be left for this intruder. It increases the uncertainty of every circumstance and deranges the course of events.Karl von Clausewitz
Let us not hear of generals who conquer without bloodshed. If a bloody slaughter is a horrible sight, then that is a ground for paying more respect to war but not for making the sword we wear blunter and blunter by degrees from feelings of humanity, until someone steps in with one that is sharp and lops off the arm from our body.
Karl von Clausewitz
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.
Karl Von Clausewitz
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Karl Von Clausewitz
If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Karl Von Clausewitz
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