korrents

A korrentour readingWhat is a korrent?

The Prince is not a manual for getting ahead: it is a manual for how a government keeps power and protects the lives of its people.

Drawn from what Ada Palmer said

government

government What states are for and what they are worse at than markets and networks: legitimacy, moral hazard, and who may be entrusted with power.

A private bookmark. Not a position, and never counted.

What Ada Palmer actually said

Word for word, with the source under each one. They did not write this page.

  1. Ada Palmer

    Historian of the Renaissance and of the history of ideas

    It shouldn't It shouldn't be shelved next to How to Win Friends and Influence People because it's a manual not of how to gain power, but of how to keep power.

Added to korrents 16 Jun 2026 · How quotes work · Something wrong? Tell us

Do you hold this korrent?Do you also believe this?

Sign in to record that you hold this, with a confidence number of your own.

Related korrents

Our reading — they may agree, disagree or merely touch the same thing. Closest first: a shared subject counts for most, then how near the wording is.

See this on the map →