“[...] the state is not immoral but amoral; half of it exists outside morality” — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“the wily Machiavelli had always believed that any clod could have the facts—having an opinion was an art.” — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
“systematic tools for getting results, whether in business or international diplomacy, summed up in Beyond Machiavelli and Getting It DONE;” — Roger Fisher Copy Share Image
“Machiavelli observed that ‘wars begin when you will, but do not end when you please’.” — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
“The promise given was necessity of the past: the word borken is a necessity of the present" -Niccolo Machiavelli” — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?” Machiavelli shook his head. “Mars, what about you? Any advice?” “Yes. Don’t. — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you… — Tupac Shakur Copy Share Image
“These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it.” — Machiavelli Niccolo Copy Share Image
“Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. Every ruler should strive for his… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Machiavelli is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak.… — Don King Copy Share Image
I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I have never been over concerned or obsessed with opinion polls or popularity polls. I think a leader who is, is a… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
Machiavelli did believe that it was better to appear to be good than to be good. If you're good, you're just too… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
“But unlike Machiavelli, Confucius was concerned more with the cultivation of social harmony than with the machinations of power. His themes were… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
“If a prince wants to keep up a reputation for being generous, Machiavelli remarks: it is necessary for him not to neglect… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“But if you’re serious about the path to enlightenment and lucrative stock options, go quietly with us in the noise and haste… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
"War," says Machiavelli, "ought to be the only study of a prince;" and by a prince he means every sort of state,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In the 17 years since I graduated from this great College of Law, I have seen that, for many of us, it… — Beau Biden Copy Share Image
The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger… — Silvio Berlusconi Copy Share Image
Christopher Lynch has made the best and the first careful translation of Machiavelli's Art of War. With useful notes, an excellent introduction,… — Harvey Mansfield Copy Share Image
What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
“Was this how you were going to awaken the creatures?" Machiavelli,clutching the bars of his cell,smiled but said nothing. Virginia stood in… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“Who was it who said, 'The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“BILLY: Did you ever watch Star Trek? MACHIAVELLI: Do I look like I watch Star Trek? BILLY: It's hard to tell who's… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and… — Nigel Warburton Copy Share Image
“The offerings of Machiavelli (1469–1527), Guicciardini (1483–1540), La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) and La Bruyère (1645–96) give us an indication of the manoeuvres that… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Virginia," Billy said urgently. "Don't do this." "Shut up,Billy." "Think of the people in San Francisco." "I don't know any of the… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengence need not be feared"… — Jennifer Loren Copy Share Image
What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian. — Mack McLarty Copy Share Image
“Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves.” — Machiavelli Niccolo Copy Share Image
Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world. — Mads Mikkelsen Copy Share Image
“[The prince] dare not let ethics keep him from doing whatever evil must be done to preserve himself and the state.” — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“All men have eyes, Machiavelli says, but few have the gift of penetration.” — Joseph Bonanno Copy Share Image
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
As in Machiavelli, the bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his… — J. G. A. Pocock Copy Share Image
The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger… — Silvio Berlusconi Copy Share Image
“Don’t be creative. Don’t be stupid.” “That’s what Machiavelli said. You guys really have a lot of faith in me, don’t you?”… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
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