Carl von Clausewitz Quote Explained: War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

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

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

Simple

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

- 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

Climate
War

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To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy’s power to frustrate it.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

Achieve
Past

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

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

- Carl von Clausewitz

Military Historian

· Prussia

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

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

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

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

To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy’s power to frustrate it.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

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

The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace.

The economy of gift, of art, is fundamentally opposed to the economy of war.

Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood.

Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent.

It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them.

What does it matter if, by chance, a little vile blood be spilled?

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

When war becomes a trade, it benefits, like all other trades, from the division of labour.

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

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

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