Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a s…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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Besides what has been said, people are fickle by nature; and it is a simple to convince them of something but difficult to hold them in that conviction; and, therefore, affairs should be managed in such a way that when they no longer believe, they can be made to believe by force. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). The Portable Machiavelli, p.67, Penguin
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