In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight that has made Machiavelli so feared, admired, and challenging. It is why we are drawn to him still... — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how, or are willing, to employ.' — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
I think the level of casualties is secondary... [A]ll the great scholars who have studied American character have come to the conclusion that we… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
They must attack us in order to survive, just as we must destroy them to advance our historic mission. — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
Just wage a total war against these tyrants; I think we will do very well and our children will sing great songs about us… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi robots. That… — Michael A. Ledeen 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 has made… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader-a dictator-willing to use those dreaded 'extraordinary measures, which few know how, or are… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
There is no more dramatic proof of the death of the Left than the passage of its central vision global democratic revolution into the… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
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