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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
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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.
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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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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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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
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Dangerous Element Far Government More Other Prince Society
Before all else, be armed.
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Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.
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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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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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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others.
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Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries – for heavy ones they cannot.
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