Carl von Clausewitz Quote Explained: Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

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The very nature of interactions is bound to make it unpredictable.

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

Principles

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Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

The very nature of interactions is bound to make it unpredictable.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

Talent and genius operate outside the rules, and theory conflicts with practice.

Blind aggressiveness would destroy the attack itself, not the defense.

War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.

Everything in war is very simple, but the simplest thing is difficult.

Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far.

The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches.

Arts is just as important as military defense, you know? Emotional defense is just as important.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.

We need a very strong military to protect the freedoms we do have.

I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

Given the same amount of intelligence, timidity will do a thousand times more damage than audacity

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