"He who has annexed them [some principalities], if……" — Niccolo Machiavelli
"He who has annexed them [some principalities], if he wishes to hold them, has only to bear in mind two considerations: the one that the family of the former lord is extinguished: the other that neither their laws not their taxes are altered."
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303 Quotes by Niccolo Machiavelli
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