Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a fra…

Carl von Clausewitz
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Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference. ✨ Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). On War, p.141, Princeton University Press
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