Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become rampant.


Book 1, Ch. 3 (as translated by LJ Walker and B Crick) - Discourses on Livy (1517)

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become...

Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become...

Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become...

Men never do good unless necessity drives them to it; but when they are free to choose and can do just as they please, confusion and disorder become...