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A ruler should wish to be both loved and feared, but if one must be given up it is much safer to be feared
Drawn from what Niccolò Machiavelli said
What Niccolò Machiavelli actually said
- Niccolò Machiavelli Florentine political philosopher and diplomat (1469 to 1527)
It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with.
Where this was said
↗The Prince (tr. W. K. Marriott, 1908)gutenberg.org
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