It is much safer to be feared than loved because love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a dread of punishment which never fails.
The Prince, political philosophy
The Prince, Chapter XVII: Cruelty and Clemency, and Whether it is Better to be Loved or Feared
1532
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