“ 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
“ 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
“ Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. Karl Von Clausewitz
“ War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Karl Von Clausewitz
“ War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means. Karl Von Clausewitz
“ It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. Karl Von Clausewitz
“ In war more than anywhere else in the world things happen differently from what we had expected and look differently when near from what they did at a distance. Karl Von Clausewitz
“ 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 a… 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. Karl Von Clausewitz