If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we d… - Carl von Clausewitz

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If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand; but the disadvantages of this position must naturally not be of a transitory nature, at least in appearance, otherwise the enemy, instead of yielding, will hold out, in the prospect of a change for the better.