Machiavelli — "Hence it is to be remarked that, in seizing a state, the usurper ought to arrang…"

Hence it is to be remarked that, in seizing a state, the usurper ought to arrange to commit all his cruelties at once, so as not to have to repeat them every day, and thus able to secure men without fear and to win them over by benefits.
Machiavelli — Machiavelli Early Modern · The Prince, political philosophy

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The Prince, Chapter VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness

Date: 1532

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