War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

War is the province of danger.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little.

Where execution is dominant, as it is in the individual events of a war whether great or small, then intellectual factors are reduced to a minimum.

War is an act of force, and to the application of that force there is no limit. Each of the adversaries forces the hand of the other, and a reciprocal action results which in theory can have no limit.

War is an act of violence pushed to its utmost bounds.