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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
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“Der ewige Friede ist ein Traum, und nicht einmal ein schöner, und der Krieg ist ein Glied in Gottes Weltordnung. In ihm entfalten sich die edelsten Tugenden des Menschen, Mut und Entsagung, Pflichttreue und Opferwilligkeit mit Einsetzung des Lebens. Ohne den Krieg würde die Welt im Materialismus versumpfen.”
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) first seen 1880 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to Dr J. K. Bluntschli, 11 December 1880, translated by Mary Herms in Field-Marshall Count Helmuth von Moltke as a Correspondent (1893) p. 272
“The tactical result of an engagement forms the base for new strategic decisions because victory or defeat in a battle changes the situation to such a degree that no human acumen is able to see beyond the first battle. In this sense one should understand Napoleon's saying: "I have never had a plan of operations." Therefore no plan of operations extends with any certainty beyond the first contact with the main hostile force.”
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Strategy" (1871)/"Über Strategie" (1871), as translated in Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings (1993) by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell, p. 92; German collected in: Kriegsgeschichtliche Einzelschriften, H.13…
“Strategy is a system of expedients; it is more than a mere scholarly discipline. It is the translation of knowledge to practical life, the improvement of the original leading thought in accordance with continually changing situations.”
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) first seen 1871 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Strategy" (1871), as translated in Moltke on the Art of War: Selected Writings (1993) by Daniel J. Hughes and Harry Bell, p. 124
“We may add that the Poland of the fifteenth century was one of the most civilised states of Europe.”
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891) said by 1891 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source