An economy that gives most people the chance for a decent life doesn’t arise by accident or through impersonal forces.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Category Archives: 1947 – Quote, Unquote
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The prince who relies upon their words, without having otherwise provided for his security, is ruined; for friendships that are won by awards, and not by greatness and nobility of soul, although deserved, yet are not real, and cannot be depended upon in time of adversity.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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The Romans never allowed a trouble spot to remain simply to avoid going to war over it, because they knew that wars don’t just go away, they are only postponed to someone else’s advantage.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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“Man has an invincible inclination to allow himself to be deceived and is, as it were, enchanted with happiness when the rhapsodist tells him epic fables as if they were true, or when the actor in the theater acts more royally than any real king.”
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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In the chariot there sat a tall stranger of a majestic aspect; his long black hair floated in the wind—fire flashed from his large black eyes, and a curl of ineffable scorn dwelt upon his lips. The look of the stranger was so sublime that he was awed, and trembled with fear when he gazed upon him.
~ Charles MacKay
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In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved through them rather than the means by which they have been executed.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed, the same desires and passions.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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There are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends by itself nor by the showing of others; the first is the most excellent, the second is good, and the third is useless.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.
~ Caspar David Friedrich
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