Machiavelli Quote by Nancy Goldstone

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

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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

The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how…

— Saul Alinsky

“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

“A prince should therefore have no other aim or thought, nor take up any other thing for his study, but war and its order…

— Nancy Goldstone

In the 17 years since I graduated from this great College of Law, I have seen that, for many of us, it becomes increasingly…

— Beau Biden

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

In the 16th century, [Niccolò] Machiavelli - in an attempt to get back in the good graces of the powerful - wrote a slim…

— Maya Angelou

“[I]f subjects must never resist, it follows that every prince, without any effort, policy, or violence, is at once rendered absolute and uncontrollable;”

— David Hume

“Thus it is well to seem merciful, faithful, humane, sincere, religious, and also to be so; but you must have the mind so disposed…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“But confining myself more to the particular, I say that a prince may be seen happy to-day and ruined to-morrow without having shown any…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Niccolo Machiaveli stood apart from the rest of the crowd, arms lightly folded across his chest, careful not to wrinkle his Saile Row- tailored…

— Michael Scott