“I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.” — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc…doesnt anyone check these? — Niccolo Machiavelli 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
What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian. — Mack McLarty 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
“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
I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions, you have ceased to be one of the good guys.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight that… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
“Wasn’t it Machiavelli who said ‘Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among… — Darius Brasher Copy Share Image
Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
I knew Saleh well, having interviewed and met with him several times. He was a professional Machiavelli, fluent in all forms for… — Jamal Khashoggi Copy Share Image
These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a… — Mike Tyson Copy Share Image
From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Prudent men are wont to say--and this not rashly or without good ground--that he who would foresee what has to be should… — Machiavelli Nicolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“The truth is that Machiavelli did try to obtain a position from the Medici, but he did not write The Prince in… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“I no longer believed that Valentino would continue to build anything at all. Instead, he would merely leave behind the empire of… — Michael Ennis Copy Share Image
“Only a great fool would call the new political science diabolic: it has no attributes peculiar to fallen angels. It is not… — Leo Strauss Copy Share Image
“It depends on what your definition of ‘is’ is,” he told his tormentors, and many Americans shook their heads in wonder, not… — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
“Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
If you had a front row seat at the Renaissance, you would have seen Machiavelli come by plotting, and you would have… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I say," Llandrindon remarked, "your performance at bowls is exceptional, Miss Bowman. I've never seen a beginner do so well. How do… — Lisa Kleypas 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Niccolo Machiavelli folded his arms across his chest and looked at the alchemyst. “I always knew we would meet again,” he said… — Michael Scott 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
“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
“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
“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to… — Nancy Goldstone Copy Share Image
The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed… — George Will Copy Share Image
“Better and happier those who, recognizing that everything is fictitious, write the novel before someone writes it for them and, like Machiavelli,… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
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