Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. But it gave an immense impulse to absolutism by silencing the consciences of very religious kings, and made the good and the bad very much alike.


The History of Freedom in Christianity (1877)

John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good...

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good...

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good...

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good...