Karl Von Clausewitz War Quotes

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What did Karl Von Clausewitz say about War?

Karl Von Clausewitz has written many quotes about War. E.g.,

  • Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory even more are false, and most are uncertain.
  • To secure peace is to prepare for war.
  • War is the continuation of politics by other means.

What are the top most famous War quotes by Karl Von Clausewitz?

Here are the top most famous quotes about War by Karl Von Clausewitz.

  • Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory even more are false, and most are uncertain.
  • To secure peace is to prepare for war.
  • War is the continuation of politics by other means.
  • Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.
  • 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.
  • Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
  • War is the province of danger.
  • War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
  • 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.