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..For the common people are impressed by appearances and results and the world is composed of the mob... ...Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, is much safer to be feared than loved, ... ...in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous.... ...for love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails. ...Whenever possible, a prince should delegate the administration of unpopular laws to others and keep in his own power the distribution of favors. The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 09:37:44 +0000

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