Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Prudence
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There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Success
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God gives us intelligence to uncover the wonders of nature. Without the gift, nothing is possible. – James Clavell

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The people who work in intelligence work are more conscious, more apt to be attentive. – William Hedgcock Webster

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Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how were doing it. – Brad Thor

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The plan we developed to deal with al Qaeda depended on developing sources of human and technical intelligence that could give us insights into his plans at the tactical level. This is easy to say but hard to accomplish. – Cofer Black

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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. – Frank Zappa

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It sometimes happens at the end of a dinner, when jokes and walnuts are cracked together, that the paternity of some trite quotation is put in question, and at once the wit of the whole company is set wool-gathering. – Frederic Swartwout Cozzens, “Phrases and Filberts,” Sayings, Wise and Otherwise

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Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. – Henri Bergson

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And why do you look at the speck that is in your brothers eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Matthew 7:3 – Bible

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