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> [I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists - firmly in their place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/i-want-to-put-any-number-of-assorted-ists-such-as-relativists/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

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## More by Martin Van Creveld

> [In Tunisia, the so-called Yasmin revolution has led to the installation of a relatively moderate Islamic government. Whether or not that means democracy will,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/in-tunisia-the-so-called-yasmin-revolution-has-led-to-the/)

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> [We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at Rome. Most European capitals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/we-possess-several-hundred-atomic-warheads-and-rockets-and-can-launch/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [The enemy resembles us. Therefore, he needs to be approached not as an assembly of 'targets' to be destroyed one by one; but as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/the-enemy-resembles-us-therefore-he-needs-to-be-approached-not-as-an/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [“Though Moltke was working with subordinates who were totally lacking in comprehension for whatever strategic plans he may have entertained and who on occasion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/though-moltke-was-working-with-subordinates-who-were-totally-lacking/)

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> [The fate of Syria hangs in the balance, but it is entirely possible that the fall of the Assad regime will result in anarchy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/the-fate-of-syria-hangs-in-the-balance-but-it-is-entirely-possible/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [I want to put any number of assorted 'ists' - such as relativists, deconstructionists, destructivists, postmodernists, the more maudlin kind of pacifists and feminists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/i-want-to-put-any-number-of-assorted-ists-such-as-relativists/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or "the people," constitute the great majority of those affected.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/except-when-war-is-waged-in-a-desert-noncombatants-also-known-as/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [The combination of professionalism and technology may also result in narrow-minded specialization more suited to a debating society than to an organization whose task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/the-combination-of-professionalism-and-technology-may-also-result-in/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [If you are strong, and you are fighting the weak for any period of time, you are going to become weak yourself. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/if-you-are-strong-and-you-are-fighting-the-weak-for-any-period-of/)

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> [Since 2006, when the Second Lebanon War killed perhaps 2,000 Lebanese, many of them civilians, and led to the destruction of an entire section…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/since-2006-when-the-second-lebanon-war-killed-perhaps-2-000-lebanese/)

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> [Obviously, we don't want Iran to have nuclear weapons and I don't know if they're developing them, but if they're not developing them, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/obviously-we-don-t-want-iran-to-have-nuclear-weapons-and-i-don-t-know/)

[Martin Van Creveld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-van-creveld/)

> [The defense of the West Bank by Arab forces would be a truly suicidal enterprise. The late King Hussein understood these facts well. Until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/the-defense-of-the-west-bank-by-arab-forces-would-be-a-truly-suicidal/)

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> [If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent, then you are a scoundrel... if you let him kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/if-you-are-strong-and-fighting-the-weak-then-if-you-kill-your/)

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> [Never' is too much of a word. Nothing lasts forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/never-is-too-much-of-a-word-nothing-lasts-forever/)

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> [Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the capability to take the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-van-creveld/our-armed-forces-are-not-the-thirtieth-strongest-in-the-world-but/)

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