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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“[...] to introduce into the philosophy of war itself a principle of moderation would be an absurdity”