Quote by Alfred von Schlieffen

"Nations prepare for war most earnestly in the moments when they most desperately desire peace."

Alfred von Schlieffen
Military General German 1833–1913

More from Alfred von Schlieffen

"The whole of the Balkans is not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier."
"In strategy the longest cut is often the shortest way home."
"Know thyself, and then thou shalt know all things."
"The art of war is the art of concentration."

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