{"author":"Carl von Clausewitz","author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz","total_quotes":23,"quotes":[{"text":"War is regarded as nothing but the continuation of state policy with other means.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["nothing","policy","state "],"id":7429,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["courage","light","darkest "],"id":22045,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"War is the province of danger.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["danger","province "],"id":43384,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"A conqueror is always a lover of peace.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["always","lover","conqueror "],"id":152091,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["simple","difficult "],"id":175901,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["goal","political","isolation "],"id":213219,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["ambition","audacity","leadership"],"id":241547,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["politics","independent "],"id":255262,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"To secure peace is to prepare for war.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["peace","prepare","secure "],"id":260462,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"},{"text":"We maintain, on the contrary, that war is simply a continuation of political intercourse, with the addition of other means. We deliberately use the phrase “with the addition of other means” because we also want to make it clear that war in itself does not suspend political intercourse or change it into something entirely different. In essentials that intercourse continues, irrespective of the means it employs.","author":"Carl von Clausewitz","tags":["clausewitz","policy","politics","strategy","war","warfare"],"id":290172,"author_id":"Carl+von+Clausewitz"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}