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To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Peace
War
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Secrecy
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
Karl Von Clausewitz
War
Suffering
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Karl Von Clausewitz
War
Policy
Nothing
State
War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
Karl Von Clausewitz
War
Act
War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Politics
War
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.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Truth
Courage
First
Intellect
Light
May
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.
Karl Von Clausewitz
War
Goal
Isolation
The more a general is accustomed to place heavy demands on his soldiers, the more he can depend on their response.
Karl Von Clausewitz
Soldiers
War is the province of danger.
Karl Von Clausewitz
War
Danger