33 ordspråk av Karl von Clausewitz

Karl von Clausewitz

Karl von Clausewitz föddes den June 1st 1780
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 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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