Machiavelli:

Hence it is to be remarked that, in seizing a state, the usurper ought to arrange to commit all his cruelties at once, so as not to have to repeat them every day, and thus able to secure men without fear and to win them over by benefits.

— Machiavelli Early Modern

The Prince, political philosophy

Context

The Prince, Chapter VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness

Date / Period

1532

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1232/1232-h/1232-h.htm#link2H_4_0007

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Explanation

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