Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli
It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. – George Orwell

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Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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