Politics not only causes war, but also dominates it, so the nature of politics determines the nature of war.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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War is a violent act that forces the enemy to obey our will. War is a continuation of politics in another way. Politics is a bloodless war and war is bloody politics. War is a part of political communication, politics is the purpose and war is the means.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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Strong people are excited inside, but their views and beliefs are like compass pointers on a ship that bumps in a storm, and they can still accurately point out the direction.
-clausewitz "On War"
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When destroying the enemy's army, we should not only destroy the enemy's material strength, but more importantly, destroy the enemy's spiritual strength.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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War is a violent act that forces the enemy to obey our will. War is a continuation of politics in another way. Politics is a bloodless war and war is bloody politics. War is a part of political communication, politics is the purpose and war is the means. Politics not only causes war, but also dominates it, so the nature of politics determines the nature of war.
-clausewitz "On War"
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War is not a pastime, nor is it a pure pursuit of adventure and gambling on winning or losing, let alone.
The product of a brainwave is a serious means to achieve a serious goal.
-clausewitz "On War"
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In such a dangerous thing as war, the wrong ideas generated by kindness are the most harmful. Desperate and bloody, the party who uses violence will certainly gain an advantage if the other party does not do so. It is useless or even wrong to ignore the nature of violence because of disgust.
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Experience is much more valuable than all philosophy. Trying to establish a rigid theory for military art and ensure that commanders have evidence everywhere is like setting up a gallows, which is impossible. War theory is mainly to help commanders determine the basic clues of thinking, and should not point out the specific action path like a road sign.
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What kind of talent is suitable to be called a military genius? This kind of person is not so much a creative person as a person with learning spirit; It is not so much a person who develops unilaterally as a person who develops in an all-round way; He is not so much an excitable person as a cool-headed person.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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War is a serious means to achieve serious goals.
-clausewitz "On War"
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People's heart and public opinion is an important factor of national and military strength, and people's war can greatly enhance their own strength. Once the fire of the people's war burns, it will play a role that big troops can't play.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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Since war is a kind of violence, it must belong to the category of emotion. Even if war is not caused by emotion, it always has something to do with emotion. The relationship does not depend on the degree of civilization, but on the size and duration of hostile interests. Civilized nations don't kill prisoners or destroy cities and villages, because they use their intelligence more in the war and learn to use violence more effectively than this rude venting instinct.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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Let's repeat our argument that war is an act of violence, and there is no limit to the use of violence.
-clausewitz "On War"
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Social, political and historical events are not arranged by God, nor are they inevitable natural phenomena. On the contrary, they are guided by people who influence history and serve established political purposes.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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If the two sides form a balance of power, and the armies of both sides can only advance and retreat in the same area for many years, then the supply will often become the main problem, and the commander-in-chief will become a quartermaster and command operations will become a management team.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"
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If we find that civilized countries don't kill prisoners; They don't destroy cities and villages, because they use their intelligence more in the war and learn to use violence more effectively than this rude venting instinct.
-clausewitz "On War"
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War is a violent act that forces the enemy to submit to our will.
-clausewitz "On War"
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Supply difficulties often make the great victory of the army go up in smoke, all kinds of forces disappear, and retreat becomes inevitable. Then, the symptoms of real failure will gradually increase.
-karl von Clausewitz "On War"