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Cesare Borgia's conquered cities loved him because an outsider with no local faction gave them the first neutral justice they had seen in generations.
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- Ada Palmer Historian of the Renaissance and of the history of ideas
And everyone says, "Why are they liking this man? He is a cruel murdering tyrant." And the answer is for the first time in generations, they have had something close to fair justice.
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Watch from 0:51:02 plays here↗Machiavelli is the most misunderstood thinker of all time – Ada Palmeryoutube.com
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