Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes about Politics

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Politics have no relation to morals.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Political, Nerd, Politics

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Ambition, Men, Politics

....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Politics, Reputation, Unstable

Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.87, Penguin

....for friendships that are acquired by a price and not by greatness and nobility of character are purchased but are not owned, and at the proper moment they cannot be spent.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Character, Greatness, Politics

Niccolo Machiavelli (1979). “The Portable Machiavelli”, p.93, Penguin

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Law, Needs, Politics

"Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius". Book by Niccolò Machiavelli, trans. Allan Gilbert, book 1, chapter 18, p. 241, 1965.

....it cannot be called ingenuity to kill one's fellow citizens, to betray friends, to be without faith, without mercy, without religion; by these means one can aquire power but not glory.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Mean, Citizens, Politics