War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIGod is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
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Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.
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The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.
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Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate.
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When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.
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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.
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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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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.
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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.
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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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