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" 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. "
Niccolo Machiavelli
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" If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared. "
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" 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. 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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" Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. "
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" 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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" The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. "
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" Whoever conquers a free town and does not demolish it commits a great error and may expect to be ruined himself. "
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" I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it. "
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" 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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" Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. "
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" Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot. "
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" To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. "
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