My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli, Quentin Skinner, Russell Price (1988). Machiavelli: The Prince, p.59, Cambridge University Press
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My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved. ✨ Niccolo Machiavelli, Quentin Skinner, Russell Price (1988). Machiavelli: The Prince, p.59, Cambridge University Press

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