"In the future as in the past, both……" — Martin Van Creveld
"In the future as in the past, both Clausewitz and Sun Tzu will undoubtedly have a lot to offer."
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24 Quotes by Martin Van Creveld
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Our armed forces are not the thirtieth strongest in the world, but rather the second or third. We have the…
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The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself. They are in a…
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We possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at…
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War is the greatest fun man can have with his pants on.
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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…
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A world without war is not in the cards.
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As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such…
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It is simply not true that war is solely a means to an end, nor do people necessarily fight in…
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Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion…
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The problem is that you cannot prove yourself against someone who is much weaker than yourself.
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Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live…
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If you are strong and fighting the weak, then if you kill your opponent then you are a scoundrel... if…
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the…
— Aristotle
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the…
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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Mythology and science both extend the scope of human beings. Like science and technology, mythology, as we shall see, is…
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When you work on something that combines both the spectacular and the relatable, the hyperreal and the real, it suddenly…
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That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,…
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You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're…
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— Margaret Atwood
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Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to the inner life what choice…
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