Tokugawa Ieyasu — "It is better to be feared than loved, if one cannot be both."
It is better to be feared than loved, if one cannot be both.
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This quote is famously attributed to Niccolò Machiavelli in 'The Prince', not Tokugawa Ieyasu.
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