I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've alway…

Salman Rushdie
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I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government. ✨ Salman Rushdie Spins a Yarn. Interview with James Mustich, www.barnesandnoble.com. June 2, 2008.
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