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Karl Von Clausewitz



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The natural goal of every single plan of campaign is the point at which the offensive changes into the defensive. To go beyond this goal is more than simply a useless expenditure of power, yielding no further result; it is a ruinous one which causes reactions, and these reactions, according to universal experience, have always disproportionate effects.

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Karl Von Clausewitz

The natural goal of every single plan of campaign is the point at which the offensive changes into the defensive. To go beyond this goal is more than simply a useless expenditure of power, yielding no further result; it is a ruinous one which causes reactions, and these reactions, according to universal experience, have always disproportionate effects.

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Karl Von Clausewitz

Victory, as a rule, arises from a preponderance of the sum of all physical and moral powers; undoubtedly it increases this preponderance, or it would not be sought for and purchased at a great price.

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Karl Von Clausewitz

Victory, as a rule, arises from a preponderance of the sum of all physical and moral powers; undoubtedly it increases this preponderance, or it would not be sought for and purchased at a great price.

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