Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
Citations
von Clausewitz, Carl. On War. Translated by J.J. Graham, N. Trübner, 1873, p. 20.
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Carl Philipp Gottfried (or Gottlieb) von Clausewitz was a Prussian general and military theorist who stressed the "moral" (meaning, in modern terms, psychological) and political aspects of war. His most notable work, Vom Kriege transl. On War, was unfinished at his death.