About Quote by Michael Ignatieff

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 is the complete contrary of a machiavellian, since he describes the tricks of power and gives the whole show away. The seducer and…

— Maurice Merleau-Ponty

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

— Mads Mikkelsen

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

“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

“The truth is that Machiavelli did try to obtain a position from the Medici, but he did not write The Prince in order to…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

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

“Such as they are, its ethics are those of Machiavelli's contemporaries; yet they cannot be said to be out of date so long as…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“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

“Men have imagined republics and principalities that never really existed at all. Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way…

— David Mitchell

“We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is…

— Anonymous