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.
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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.
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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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