Contrary Quote by Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Machiavelli says that if as a ruler you accept that your every action must pass moral scrutiny, you will without fail be defeated by…

— J. M. Coetzee

I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he…

— Salman Rushdie

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

Machiavelli had some cold tricks for people who wanted to be demagogues and wanted to take over the world.

— Mads Mikkelsen

“Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but…

— Nigel Warburton

“In The Prince Machiavelli mounts two distinct lines of intellectual and political attack, one against the baseness of Medicean statecraft, the other against the…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Power politics existed before Machiavelli was ever heard of; it will exist long after his name is only a faint memory. What he did,…

— Max Lerner

Machiavelli, however, took his bearings from people as they are. He defined the political project as making the best of this flawed material. He…

— George Will

“Washington politician: navy tailored suit, hair graying at the temples, a smile for every constituent, blue eyes that could convey sincerity, anger, or righteous…

— R.D. Brady

“It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than…

— Nancy Goldstone

Machiavel, discoursing on these matters, finds virtue to be so essentially necessary to the establishment and preservation of liberty, that he thinks it impossible…

— Algernon Sidney

“Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. He…

— Niccolò Machiavelli