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

Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this does not make its application easy.

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

War is only caused through the political intercourse of governments and nations - war is nothing but a continuation of political intercourse with an admixture of other means.

I shall proceed from the simple to the complex. But in war more than in any other subject we must begin by looking at the nature of the whole; for here more than elsewhere the part and the whole must always be thought of together.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

War is merely a continuation of politics.