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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
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Ability Aquire Condemnation Cost Deserve Mistake More
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
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Does Finally Fool Does Man Once Wise
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
I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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Interest Overthrow Preserve Status
Before all else, be armed.
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All Arm Before Isle
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
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Difficult Great Willingness
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.
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Conduct Difficult Introduce More New Order Success Thing Uncertain
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
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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Fickle Gain General Greedy Hypocritical Man Mankind
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
Severities should be dealt out all at once, so that their suddenness may give less offense.
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All Detail Less Offense Once Severities Suddenness
No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
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Conceal Enemy Enterprise Execution Likely More No Ripe
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
Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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Achievement Anything Danger Great never Without
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
The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.
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Adapt Clash Demand Likewise One Policy Time

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