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

“War is such a dangerous business that mistakes that come from kindness are the very worst.”

“War is merely the continuation of politics by other means”

“War is simply the continuation of politics by other means”

“All war presupposes human weakness and seeks to exploit it.”

“War is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.”

“No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.”