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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination. The bloody solution of the crisis, the effort for the destruction of the enemy's forces, is the first-born son of war. Only great and general battles can produce great results. Blood is the price of victory.

Carl von Clausewitz

Determination, Military, War

In war the will is directed at an animate object that reacts.

Carl von Clausewitz

Military, War, Objects

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.149, Princeton University Press

The deduction of effect from cause is often blocked by some insuperable extrinsic obstacle: the true causes may be quite unknown. Nowhere in life is this so common as in war, where the facts are seldom fully known and the underlying motives even less so.

Carl von Clausewitz

War, May, Causes

Carl von Clausewitz (2008). “On War”, p.156, Princeton University Press

War is the province of danger.

Carl von Clausewitz

War, Danger, Provinces

Carl Von Clausewitz (2014). “Essential On War for Business: The Classic Work by Carl von Clausewitz for Business Today”, p.21, Hachette UK

War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

Carl von Clausewitz

Veterans Day, War, Should

Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.88, Princeton University Press

The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

Carl von Clausewitz

War, Lying, Heart

War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.

Carl von Clausewitz

War, Mean, Politics

Carl von Clausewitz (1943). “On war: Translated from the German by O.J. Matthijs Jolles”