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Rulers should support whatever favours religion, even if they think it untrue

Drawn from what Niccolò Machiavelli said

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religion Faith as a thing a society runs on, and what has been tried in its place.

What Niccolò Machiavelli actually said

  1. Niccolò Machiavelli Florentine political philosopher and diplomat (1469 to 1527)
    To which end they should countenance and further whatsoever tells in favour of religion, even should they think it untrue; and the wiser they are, and the better they are acquainted with natural causes, the more ought they to do so.

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