1 Therefore it is necessary to be prepared with such arms, so that you can be defended against foreigners by Italian valour.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 2 But fortresses were of little value to her afterwards when Cesare Borgia attacked her, and when the people, her enemy, were allied with foreigners.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 3 These potentates had two principal anxieties: the one, that no foreigner should enter Italy under arms; the other, that none of themselves should seize more territory.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XI — CONCERNING ECCLESIASTICAL PRINCIPALITIES 4 And the usual course of affairs is that, as soon as a powerful foreigner enters a country, all the subject states are drawn to him, moved by the hatred which they feel against the ruling power.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 5 From this it came to pass that Italy fell partly into the hands of the Church and of republics, and, the Church consisting of priests and the republic of citizens unaccustomed to arms, both commenced to enlist foreigners.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND ... 6 Therefore Louis made these five errors: he destroyed the minor powers, he increased the strength of one of the greater powers in Italy, he brought in a foreign power, he did not settle in the country, he did not send colonies.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 7 And this question can be reasoned thus: the prince who has more to fear from the people than from foreigners ought to build fortresses, but he who has more to fear from foreigners than from the people ought to leave them alone.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XX — ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO ... 8 Nor can one express the love with which he would be received in all those provinces which have suffered so much from these foreign scourings, with what thirst for revenge, with what stubborn faith, with what devotion, with what tears.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 9 And although ancient histories may be full of examples, I do not wish to leave this recent one of Pope Julius the Second, the peril of which cannot fail to be perceived; for he, wishing to get Ferrara, threw himself entirely into the hands of the foreigner.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, ... 10 Among the wonderful deeds of Hannibal this one is enumerated: that having led an enormous army, composed of many various races of men, to fight in foreign lands, no dissensions arose either among them or against the prince, whether in his bad or in his good fortune.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVII — CONCERNING CRUELTY AND CLEMENCY, AND ... 11 And experience has shown princes and republics, single-handed, making the greatest progress, and mercenaries doing nothing except damage; and it is more difficult to bring a republic, armed with its own arms, under the sway of one of its citizens than it is to bring one armed with foreign arms.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XII — HOW MANY KINDS OF SOLDIERY THERE ARE, AND ...