Machiavelli Quotes


It's foolish to call Chanakya an Indian Machiavelli. Rather Machiavelli was possibly an Italian Chanakya.

In the United States today the Declaration of Independence hangs on schoolroom walls but foreign policy follows Machiavelli.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring I'm the king of New York king of the coast one hand I juggle them both.

What this White House really needs is a chief of staff who can read Machiavelli in the original Italian.

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

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

The political tradition of ancient thought filtered in Italy by Machiavelli says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies and the bigger the responsibility the more allies he needs.

C++ tries to guard against Murphy not Machiavelli.

[Niccolò] Machiavelli said it's better to be feared than to be loved.

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.

It's better to be loved than feared but if you can't be loved then fear will do.-Dino quoting Machiavelli

Between being loved and being feared I have always believed Machiavelli was right. If nobody is afraid of me Iâ??m meaningless.

A man of nothing who has started out from nothing starting out from an unassignable place: these are for Machiavelli the conditions for regeneration.

Have you any idea how to wake a hibernating Elder?" Machiavelli shook his head. "Mars what about you? Any advice?" "Yes. Don't.

It's not like I idolize this one guy Machiavelli. I idolize that type of thinking where you do whatever's gonna make you achieve your goal.

Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said with everyone.

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 to take it away.

I worry that when you start quoting Machiavelli to justify your actions you have ceased to be one of the good guys. No quoting Nietzsche does that. Machiavelli is just cool.

I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician but it turned out to be useful when I married

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?