A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting one who commands.
The Prince, political philosophy
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"Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number of men who are not good."
Shocking"There is no surer way of holding an acquired state than by ruining it."
Controversial"The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present."
Strange & Unusual"For there is no other way of guarding oneself from flatterers than by letting men understand that to tell you the truth will not offend you."
Controversial"The Roman state was ruined by the ambition of the people as much as by the ambition of the nobility."
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