Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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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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An overflow of good converts to bad. – William Shakespeare

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This battle for common-sense gun control laws pits emotion and passion against logic and reason. All too often in such a contest, logic loses. So, expect more meaningless, if not harmful, gun control legislation. Good news – if youre a crook. – Larry Elder

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The omission of good is no less reprehensible than the commission of evil. – Plutarch

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