Because there are three ways of holding conquered states that are accustomed to living under their own laws and in freedom: the first is to ruin them, the next is to reside there in person, the third is to permit them to live under their own laws, taking tribute of them, and creating within them an oligarchy which will keep the state friendly to you.
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"Politics have no relation to morals."
"The injury that is to be done to a man must be such that one need not fear his revenge."
"No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution."
"There is no other way to guard yourself against flattery than by making men understand that telling you the truth will not offend you."
"In every city these two opposite parties are to be found, arising from the desire of the people to be not oppressed, and the desire of the nobles to oppress."
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