33 ordspråk av Karl von Clausewitz
Karl von Clausewitz
 A conqueror is always a lover of peace. |
| All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are. |
| Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating. |
| Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior. |
| Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war. |
| Everything in war is simple, but the simplest thing is difficult. The difficulties accumulate and end by producing a kind of friction that is inconceivable unless one has experienced war. |
| Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult. |
| Everything is very simple in war, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen war. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| If the mind is to emerge unscathed from this relentless struggle with the unforeseen, two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to the truth; and second, the courage to follow this light wherever it may lead. |
| It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past. |
| Lastly, the great uncertainty of all data in War is a peculiar difficulty, because all action must, to a certain extent, be planned in a mere twilight, which in addition not infrequently - like the effect of a fog or moonshine - gives to things exagg |
| Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain. |
| Never forget that no military leader has ever become great without audacity. |
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