It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLIOne who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
More Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
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Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.
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Never was anything great achieved without danger.
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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man.
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Before all else, be armed.
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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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I’m not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
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So that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
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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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The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.
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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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One change always leaves the way open for the establishment of others.
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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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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans.
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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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