"The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him."
-Niccolo Machiavelli
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"Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.“
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"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."
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"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."
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"Never was anything great achieved without danger."
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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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"A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. 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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