--- title: "22 States Quotes By Niccolo Machiavelli" description: "22 States quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli. Plus more from Niccolo Machiavelli and more States sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/niccolo-machiavelli-368_bad-weather_states-that-rise-quickly-just-as-all-the_1505637.jpg" --- > [States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/states-that-rise-quickly-just-as-all-the-other-things-of-nature-that/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/niccolo-machiavelli-368_bad-weather_states-that-rise-quickly-just-as-all-the_1505637.jpg) > [Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/whoever-desires-to-found-a-state-and-give-it-laws-must-start-with/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34b/niccolo-machiavelli-368_assuming_whoever-desires-to-found-a-state-and-giv_2634519.jpg) > [The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-chief-foundations-of-all-states-new-as-well-as-old-or-composite/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/niccolo-machiavelli-368_all-state_the-chief-foundations-of-all-states-new_1926366.jpg) > [Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/every-one-sees-what-you-appear-to-be-few-really-know-what-you-are-and/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f26/niccolo-machiavelli-368_art_every-one-sees-what-you-appear-to-be-few_2353933.jpg) > [All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/all-the-states-and-governments-by-which-men-are-or-ever-have-been/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/niccolo-machiavelli-368_government_all-the-states-and-governments-by-which_1029006.jpg) > [The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-state-is-not-an-organism-capable-of-bringing-either-moral-or/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fd/niccolo-machiavelli-368_capable_the-state-is-not-an-organism-capable-of_1479051.jpg) > [The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/the-main-foundations-of-every-state-new-states-as-well-as-ancient-or/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94b/niccolo-machiavelli-368_ancient_the-main-foundations-of-every-state-new_3039620.jpg) > [We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/we-must-bear-in-mind-then-that-there-is-nothing-more-difficult-and/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7a/niccolo-machiavelli-368_advantage_we-must-bear-in-mind-then-that-there-is_612434.jpg) > [For that reason, let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the means will always be considered honest,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-that-reason-let-a-prince-have-the-credit-of-conquering-and/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57c/niccolo-machiavelli-368_conquer_for-that-reason-let-a-prince-have-the-cr_975132.jpg) > [Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/thus-it-happens-in-matters-of-state-for-knowing-afar-off-which-it-is/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da3/niccolo-machiavelli-368_afar_thus-it-happens-in-matters-of-state-for_838514.jpg) > [It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/it-may-be-observed-that-provinces-amid-the-vicissitudes-to-which-they-2/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/726/niccolo-machiavelli-368_affair_it-may-be-observed-that-provinces-amid-t_2650588.jpg) > [One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/one-man-should-not-be-afraid-of-improving-his-posessions-lest-they-be/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/051/niccolo-machiavelli-368_business_one-man-should-not-be-afraid-of-improvin_2074026.jpg) > [A prince must be prudent enough to know how to escape the bad reputation of those vices that would lose the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-prince-must-be-prudent-enough-to-know-how-to-escape-the-bad-2/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49b/niccolo-machiavelli-368_bad-reputation_a-prince-must-be-prudent-enough-to-know_1251772.jpg) > [Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/some-princes-so-as-to-hold-securely-the-state-have-disarmed-their/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/670/niccolo-machiavelli-368_accustomed_some-princes-so-as-to-hold-securely-the_1939657.jpg) > [And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a disease is easy to cure but difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/and-what-physicians-say-about-disease-is-applicable-here-that-at-the/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f15/niccolo-machiavelli-368_afar_and-what-physicians-say-about-disease-is_411399.jpg) > [A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, nor select anything else for his study, than war and its rules…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-prince-ought-to-have-no-other-aim-or-thought-nor-select-anything/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/083/niccolo-machiavelli-368_aim_a-prince-ought-to-have-no-other-aim-or-t_1779424.jpg) > [And what physicians say about disease is applicable here: that at the beginning a disease is easy to cure but difficult to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/and-what-physicians-say-about-disease-is-applicable-here-that-at-the-2/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c47/niccolo-machiavelli-368_afar_and-what-physicians-say-about-disease-is_685463.jpg) > [A prince, therefore, must not mind incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and confident; for,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/a-prince-therefore-must-not-mind-incurring-the-charge-of-cruelty-for/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/niccolo-machiavelli-368_arise_a-prince-therefore-must-not-mind-incurri_1318285.jpg) > [In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/in-the-same-manner-having-been-reduced-by-disorder-and-sunk-to-their/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19d/niccolo-machiavelli-368_art_in-the-same-manner-having-been-reduced-b_229052.jpg) > [And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/and-here-one-must-not-that-hatred-is-acquired-just-as-much-by-means/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ca/niccolo-machiavelli-368_action_and-here-one-must-not-that-hatred-is-acq_208990.jpg) > [Conquered states that have been accustomed to liberty and the government of their own laws can be held by the conqueror in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/conquered-states-that-have-been-accustomed-to-liberty-and-the/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/niccolo-machiavelli-368_accustomed_conquered-states-that-have-been-accustom_1296081.jpg) > [He who desires or attempts to reform the government of a state and wishes to have it accepted, must at least retain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-desires-or-attempts-to-reform-the-government-of-a-state-and/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/niccolo-machiavelli-368_accepted_he-who-desires-or-attempts-to-reform-the_342167.jpg) ## Other authors on States ## More by Niccolo Machiavelli > [Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/men-generally-decide-upon-a-middle-course-which-is-most-hazardous-for/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/because-there-are-three-classes-of-intellects-one-which-comprehends/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/it-is-the-duty-of-a-man-of-honor-to-teach-others-the-good-which-he/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [“Anyone who believes that new benefits make men of high station forget old injuries deceives himself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/anyone-who-believes-that-new-benefits-make-men-of-high-station-forget/) [Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-has-once-begun-to-live-by-rapine-always-finds-reasons-for/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/everyone-who-wants-to-know-what-will-happen-ought-to-examine-what-has/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/speaking-generally-men-are-ungrateful-fickle-hypocritical-fearful/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/there-is-nothing-as-likely-to-succeed-as-what-the-enemy-believes-you/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/for-the-great-majority-of-mankind-are-satisfied-with-appearance-as/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/that-prince-is-highly-esteemed-who-conveys-this-impression-of-himself/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/anyone-who-studies-present-and-ancient-affairs-will-easily-see-how-in/) [Niccolò Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/i-believe-that-it-is-possible-for-one-to-praise-without-concern-any/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [Men are always averse to enterprises in which they foresee difficulties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/men-are-always-averse-to-enterprises-in-which-they-foresee/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [“He who causes another to become powerful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by force, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/he-who-causes-another-to-become-powerful-ruins-himself-for-he-brings/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) > [One never finds anything perfectly pure and ... exempt from danger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/one-never-finds-anything-perfectly-pure-and-exempt-from-danger/) [Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/states/niccolo-machiavelli/#itemlist", "name": "22 States Quotes By Niccolo Machiavelli", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "States that rise quickly, just as all the other things of nature that are born and grow rapidly, cannot have roots and ramifications; the first bad weather kills them", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Niccolo Machiavelli" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/states-that-rise-quickly-just-as-all-the-other-things-of-nature-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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