Niccolo Machiavelli
Quotations
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“War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Politics have no relation to morals.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.” -Niccolo Machiavelli
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