"Men ought either to be well treated,..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“For as laws are necessary that good manners may be preserved, so there is need of good manner that laws may be maintained.[It., Perche, cosi come i buoni costumi, per mantenersi, hanno bisogno delli leggi; cosi le leggi per ossevarsi, hanno bisogno de' buoni costumi.]”

“Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul.”

“No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.”

“The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one's army”

“The root of the kingdom is in the state. The root of the state is in the family. The root of the family is in the person of its head.”

“Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible.”

“No doubt those who really founded modern science were usually those whose love of truth exceeded their love of power.”

“Whenever justice is uncertain and police spying and terror are at work, human beings fall into isolation, which, of course, is the aim and purpose of the dictator state, since it is based on the greatest possible accumulation of depotentiated social units.”

“Anything I want comes into place.”