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Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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Most people know more about their own elected officials via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbors via conversation, and many know more about the celebrities via tabloids than they know about their own representatives via voting booklets. – Terri Guillemets, 2007

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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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