These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they…

“Wasn’t it Machiavelli who said ‘Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great…

— Darius Brasher

“the wily Machiavelli had always believed that any clod could have the facts—having an opinion was an art.”

— Ashwin Sanghi

“systematic tools for getting results, whether in business or international diplomacy, summed up in Beyond Machiavelli and Getting It DONE;”

— Roger Fisher

Machiavelli taught me it was better to be feared than loved. Because if you are loved they sense you might be weak. I am…

— Don King

“We have therefore to inquire what there is about Machiavelli to impress the mind of Europe so prodigiously and so curiously, and why the…

— T.S. Eliot

The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility,…

— Silvio Berlusconi

“Make them fear you. Machiavelli said it nearly six hundred years ago, but it's still true. Every ruler should strive for his people to…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Only a great fool would call the new political science diabolic: it has no attributes peculiar to fallen angels. It is not even Machiavellian,…

— Leo Strauss

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

— Kendrick Lamar

What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name of the…

— Michael Ignatieff

“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than…

— Nancy Goldstone

I knew Saleh well, having interviewed and met with him several times. He was a professional Machiavelli, fluent in all forms for political maneuvering.

— Jamal Khashoggi

“Washington politician: navy tailored suit, hair graying at the temples, a smile for every constituent, blue eyes that could convey sincerity, anger, or righteous…

— R.D. Brady

“I did not have an answer for the maestro that day. Instead my answer has been the labor of my life, principally my Discourses…

— Michael Ennis

“Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.”

— Machiavelli Niccolo