It never or rarely happens that a republic or monarchy is well constituted, or its old institutions entirely reformed, unless it is only done by one individual.
Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes
As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where the fear of God is wanting, there the country will come to ruin, unless it be sustained the fear of the princ.
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Niccolò Machiavelli (74)
Birth: | 3rd May, 1469 |
Death: | 21st June, 1527 |
Nationality: | Italian |
Profession: | Diplomat, Historian, Philosopher, Politician |
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