Frederick the Great - Princes Quotes

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The prince is the first servant of his state.

Frederick the Great

It is a fact that princes who try to raise other princes with violence, end up destroying themselves.

Frederick the Great

Machiavel's The Prince is to ethics what the work of Spinoza is to faith. Spinoza sapped the fundamentals of faith, and drained the spirit of religion; Machiavel corrupted policy, and undertook to destroy the precepts of healthy morals: the errors of the first were only errors of speculation, but those of the other had a practical thrust. [...] I always have regarded The Prince as one of the most dangerous works which were spread in the world; it is a book which falls naturally into the hands of princes, and of those who have a taste for policy. [...] There is a real injustice in concluding that the rotten apples are representative of all of them.

Frederick the Great

Philosophers should be the teachers of the world and the teachers of princes. They must think logically and we must act logically.

Frederick the Great