Good order and discipline in any army are to be depended upon more than courage alone. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order. — Niccolo Machiavelli

For he who innovates will have for his enemies all those who are well off under the existing order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. — Niccolo Machiavelli

You ought never to suffer your designs to be crossed in order to avoid war, since war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage. — Niccolo Machiavelli

One should never permit a disorder to persist in order to avoid a war, for wars cannot be avoided and can only be deferred to the advantage of others. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. — Niccolò Machiavelli

Without doubt, ferocious and disordered men are much weaker than timid and ordered ones. For order chases fear from men and disorder lessens ferocity. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards. — Niccolo Machiavelli

In order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions but then even she leaves the other half, or almost, under our control. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There is nothing so difficult or so dangerous as to undertake to change the order of things. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Appear as you may wish to be. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. — Niccolo Machiavelli

To be feared is much safer then to be loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to achieve both and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is much safer for the prince to be feared than loved, but he ought to avoid making himself hated. — Niccolo Machiavelli

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast. — Niccolo Machiavelli

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred. — Niccolo Machiavelli

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries–for heavy ones they cannot. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men ought either to be well treated, or crushed. — Niccolo Machiavelli

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied. — Niccolo Machiavelli

When you disarm your subjects, however, you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or lack of faith, you distrust them; and either conclusion will induce them to hate you. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift or inheritance. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The world has always been the same; and there is always as much good fortune as bad in it. — Niccolo Machiavelli

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It behooves us to adapt oneself to the times if one wants to enjoy continued good fortune. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Republics have a longer life and enjoy better fortune than principalities, because they can profit by their greater internal diversity. They are the better able to meet emergencies. — Niccolo Machiavelli

One should never risk one’s whole fortune unless supported by one’s entire forces. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them. — Niccolo Machiavelli

When fortune wishes to bring mighty events to a successful conclusion, she selects some man of spirit and ability who knows how to seize the opportunity she offers. — Niccolo Machiavelli

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one’s own power. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong. — Niccolo Machiavelli

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers. — Niccolo Machiavelli

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength. — Niccolo Machiavelli

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

Make no small plans for they have no power to stir the soul. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace…but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power. — Niccolo Machiavelli

To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. — Niccolo Machiavelli

People are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded. — Niccolo Machiavelli

There is nothing that Nature seems to have inclined us to as much as society. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it. — Niccolo Machiavelli