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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In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.

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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Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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War

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Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Everything in strategy is very simple, but that does not mean everything is very easy.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

- 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

In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.

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

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero.

Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

Everything in strategy is very simple, but that does not mean everything is very easy.

Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

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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