Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescrib…

Niccolo Machiavelli
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Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their innate evil passions as often as they can do so with safety.
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No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. ✨ The Art of War by Niccolo Machiavelli, Book 7, as translated by Neal Wood (1965), 1520.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. ✨ The Prince.
I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her.
It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.
It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Whoever takes it upon himself to establish a commonwealth and prescribe laws must presuppose all men naturally bad, and that they will yield to their innate evil passions as often as they can do so with safety.

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