Niccolò Machiavelli Quote

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our forefathers, and those who were reckoned wise, were accustomed to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia [an Italian city] by factions and Pisa by fortress, and with this idea they fostered quarrels in some of their tributary towns so as to keep possession of them the more easily.


The Prince (ed. FastPencil Inc, 2010) - ISBN: 9781607467212


Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our...

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our...

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our...

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our...