I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLINo enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
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Politics have no relation to morals.
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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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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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A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.
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Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.
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For among other evils caused by being disarmed, it renders you contemptible; which is one of those disgraceful things which a prince must guard against.
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
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Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.
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It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
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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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There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
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Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.
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