Character: Niccolo Machiavelli
If necessary, the monarch can and must use extremely cruel measures, for example, to resettle entire nations, destroy old cities and build new ones, make the rich poor and the poor rich. All measures are justified when it comes to maintaining stability and order in the state. So, if there is at least the possibility of a riot, then it is better to execute in advance several dozen innocent people who could lead it, than to allow the riot itself, in which thousands will probably die.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:51
The state is based on force, which is not associated with any moral norms, therefore the state needs a coercive apparatus. The ideal sovereign is a fox and a lion, he is both adored by the people and feared.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:48
The struggle between people reaches a special intensity when it comes to the possession of property. Such a struggle is inevitable.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:45
Man by nature is neither good nor bad, however, there is more bad in him. therefore, a skillful politician must take into account more the weaknesses and shortcomings of people than their positive qualities.
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MegaMozg 03-05-2024 / 03:42
- If angels could fall from heaven, so can we. The devil is waiting for us all.
- We must fight the devil.
Quote Explanation: On the sermons of Savonarola.
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MegaMozg 10-06-2021 / 10:57
“Hell is in this city now. Paradise, by your grace, has been moved to another place.
Quote Explanation: The children of God are the followers of Savonarola, who turned Florence into hell.
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MegaMozg 10-06-2021 / 10:48
People are taking revenge for petty slights, but not for serious.
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MegaMozg 18-09-2019 / 15:22
They are all afraid of your revenge.
- So they've already lost. The more I learn of his generals, the less I respect them. Take, for example, Vitelli - brilliant reputation, but he has no courage, he is ready to hit a defenseless.
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MegaMozg 23-11-2018 / 13:07
Cannot be called virtue to kill fellow citizens, treason, treachery, cruelty and wickedness: we can acquire power but not glory.
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MegaMozg 08-10-2018 / 19:04
Only one thing: people need someone to whom they could look from the bottom up. Adore. Worship. It may be God, Christ, and even better the one you see with your own eyes, not in the picture. Rodrigo, Cesare, but in fact, any actor or singer, if only he knows how to apply themselves well and believe in themselves. The rest will follow. It's part of human nature.
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MegaMozg 08-10-2018 / 18:05
- Why Arezzo fell so fast? You have deprived citizens of their honor robbed of their property and now they require obedience. Is this not stupidity?
- How would you know?
- As the Romans do. Either kill all strong and able to bear arms, or to show mercy even to the weakest and to shower mercy to all without exception.
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MegaMozg 06-10-2018 / 00:14
Not to deviate from good if possible, but to be able to embark on the path of evil if necessary.
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MegaMozg 22-08-2017 / 16:06
I want to go to hell and not to heaven. There I was able to enjoy the company of popes, kings and Dukes, while Paradise is inhabited by some beggars, monks and apostles.
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MegaMozg 04-01-2017 / 17:19
