War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Carl von Clausewitz
The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.
War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.
Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.
Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.
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.
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... →
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
To secure peace is to prepare for war.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.