“It is in reference to Pope Julius that Machiavelli moralizes on the resemblance between Fortune and women, and concludes that it is… — W.K. Marriott 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
“Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli or Christ, it's here. And… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“A man of nothing who has started out from nothing starting out from an unassignable place: these are, for Machiavelli, the conditions… — Louis Althusser Copy Share Image
If you want to compete in Italy, the only accepted ways are brute force, or cunning. Like Machiavelli says, "Fronte otra forze."… — Francesco Clemente Copy Share Image
“Swift returned her scowl with an implacable glance. "Never do an enemy a small injury." "Only you would quote Machiavelli during lawn… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Such as they are, its ethics are those of Machiavelli's contemporaries; yet they cannot be said to be out of date so… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Finally, this principle and its corollary lead to a conclusion, deduced as an imperative: that the objective of the exercise of power… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
“Men have imagined republics and principalities that never really existed at all. Yet the way men live is so far removed from… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Washington politician: navy tailored suit, hair graying at the temples, a smile for every constituent, blue eyes that could convey sincerity, anger,… — R.D. Brady Copy Share Image
“In The Prince Machiavelli mounts two distinct lines of intellectual and political attack, one against the baseness of Medicean statecraft, the other… — Niccolò Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“It is necessary’, he writes, for a prince to learn ‘how not to be good’ (Ch. XV). Machiavelli’s wording on this matter… — Niccolò Machiavelli 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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
Machiavelli wrote in the 16th century; when every land in the world so teams with people, that can neither subsist where they… — Machiavelli Copy Share Image
