“The conqueror is always a lover of peace; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”

Carl von Clausewitz

Carl von Clausewitz - “The conqueror is always a lover...” 1

Similar quotes

“The aggressor is always peace-loving (as Bonaparte always claimed to be); he would prefer to take over our country unopposed.”

Carl von Clausewitz
Read more

“Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost.”

Mort Sahl
Read more

“Peace is preferable to war. But it’s not an absolute value, and so we always ask, “What kind of peace?”

Noam Chomsky
Read more

“I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days.”

Jon Stewart
Read more

“A prominent judge was asked what we, as citizens of the countries of the world, could do to reduce crime and disobedience to law and to bring peace and contentment into our lives and into our nations. He thoughtfully replied, ‘I would suggest a return to the old-fashioned practice of family prayer.”

Thomas S. Monson
Read more