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Politics have no relation to morals.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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Arm Except Hope Necessary Premise War
A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.
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Bear Despair Drive Father Inheritance Loss Qquanmity Son
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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Commerce Confidence Cowardice Distrust Either Hatred Offend People Show
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned.
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Acquire Admitted Common Condemned More Nature Praise Succeed Wish
Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.
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Difficult Lack Love Safer Since Since Fear Together Two Must
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
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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Ancient Composite Foundation Good Inevitable Law Man State Time
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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Better Both Fear Love One
Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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Destroy Generous heavy Injury Men One Revenge Sight
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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Archive Attribute Either Fortune Virtue
So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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Does Either Fear Indulge Injury Ought Vengeance
Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.
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Fear Inspire Men Offend Shrink
God 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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Away Belong Everything Glory God Share Take Willing
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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Arm Come Destroy Prophet Victorious
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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Contempt Country Decay Religion See Sign Sure

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