Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.


Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy, bk. I, ch. 3

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature,...

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature,...

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature,...

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature,...