Frederick the Great — "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both."

It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
Frederick the Great — Frederick the Great Early Modern · Prussian king

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Often attributed, echoing Machiavelli, but he generally aimed for both respect and fear.

Date: c. 1730s-1740s

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