War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. – Niccolo Machiavelli
There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. – Niccolo Machiavelli

War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms. – Niccolo Machiavelli
There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others. – Niccolo Machiavelli
Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared. – Niccolo Machiavelli
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. – Niccolo Machiavelli