War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. — Quoted

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Karl Von Clausewitz · War

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Karl Von Clausewitz

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.

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Karl Von Clausewitz

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

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War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.

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Karl Von Clausewitz

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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