War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means. Karl Von Clausewitz on 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. Karl Von Clausewitz on war
War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter. Karl Von Clausewitz on war
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 on war
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. Karl Von Clausewitz on war