“It should be noted that hatred is acquired as much by good works as by bad ones, therefore, as I said before, a prince wishing to keep his state is very often forced to do evil.”

Source: The Prince (1513), Ch. 19; translated by W. K. Marriot

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Italian politician, Writer and Author 1469–1527

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