Carl von Clausewitz Quotes
Modern wars are seldom fought without hatred between nations; this serves more or less as a substitute for hatred between individuals.
von Clausewitz, Carl. On War. Translated by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, Princeton University Press, 1984, p. 76.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel, reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Cunningham was part of an American Diplomatic Delegation negotiating with the Vietnamese. He had been an Naval Ace Fighter Pilot during the Vietnam War. He was notorious for his lack of tact.
This quotation illustrates degree of hatred that the French had for the English for the hundreds of years of their European superpower rivalry.
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Sometimes it may be BOTH parties who are guilty of injustice.
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.
