1 Roman power was at its zenith when every citizen.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, ... 2 And these are the kind of improvements which confer reputation and power upon a new prince.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXVI — AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE ... 3 In the absence of these defects states that have power enough to keep an army in the field cannot be lost.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXIV — WHY THE PRINCES OF ITALY HAVE LOST THEIR ... 4 Fourthly, by acquiring so much power before the Pope should die that he could by his own measures resist the first shock.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VII — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 5 And it has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain or unstable as fame or power not founded on its own strength.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, ... 6 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 7 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 8 And there is nothing wastes so rapidly as liberality, for even whilst you exercise it you lose the power to do so, and so become either poor or despised, or else, in avoiding poverty, rapacious and hated.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XVI — CONCERNING LIBERALITY AND MEANNESS 9 So it happens with fortune, who shows her power where valour has not prepared to resist her, and thither she turns her forces where she knows that barriers and defences have not been raised to constrain her.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXV — WHAT FORTUNE CAN EFFECT IN HUMAN AFFAIRS ... 10 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 11 He has only to take care that they do not get hold of too much power and too much authority, and then with his own forces, and with their goodwill, he can easily keep down the more powerful of them, so as to remain entirely master in the country.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 12 It is necessary to consider another point in examining the character of these principalities: that is, whether a prince has such power that, in case of need, he can support himself with his own resources, or whether he has always need of the assistance of others.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER X — CONCERNING THE WAY IN WHICH THE STRENGTH OF ... 13 It never occurred to him that by this action he was weakening himself, depriving himself of friends and of those who had thrown themselves into his lap, whilst he aggrandized the Church by adding much temporal power to the spiritual, thus giving it greater authority.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 14 He did this quietly at first and without any fear of hindrance, for he held the minds of the barons of Castile occupied in thinking of the war and not anticipating any innovations; thus they did not perceive that by these means he was acquiring power and authority over them.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS ... 15 From this a general rule is drawn which never or rarely fails: that he who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that predominancy has been brought about either by astuteness or else by force, and both are distrusted by him who has been raised to power.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 16 Let no one be surprised if, in speaking of entirely new principalities as I shall do, I adduce the highest examples both of prince and of state; because men, walking almost always in paths beaten by others, and following by imitation their deeds, are yet unable to keep entirely to the ways of others or attain to the power of those they imitate.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER VI — CONCERNING NEW PRINCIPALITIES WHICH ARE ... 17 Hence arose those frequent rebellions against the Romans in Spain, France, and Greece, owing to the many principalities there were in these states, of which, as long as the memory of them endured, the Romans always held an insecure possession; but with the power and long continuance of the empire the memory of them passed away, and the Romans then became secure possessors.
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