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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For… — Anonymous 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
“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
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
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
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
Actually learning ancient Greek was a brilliant practice of mine because you'd sit there and you'd read a sentence and sometimes it… — Robert Greene Copy Share Image
