"War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."
-Niccolo Machiavelli
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"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.“
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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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"There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."
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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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"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."
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