Quotes About Control

A wise prince must devise ways by which his citizens are always and in all circumstances dependent on him and on his authority; and then they will always be faithful to him.

This, I believe, arises firstly from causes that have already been discussed at length, namely, that the prince who relies entirely on fortune is lost when it changes.

His actions have arisen in such a way, one out of the other, that men have never been given time to work steadily against him.

Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to feared than loved.

it is not reasonable that he who is armed should yield obedience willingly to him who is unarmed

Çünkü gerçekten sahiplenebilmek için yak?p y?kmaktan baÅŸka bir çare de yoktur. Ve özgürce yaÅŸamaya al???k bir kenti ele geçiren biri eÄŸer o kenti yak?p y?kmazsa, kendisi o kent taraf?ndan yak?l?p y?k?lmay? bekliyor demektir.

There cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed, it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws.

Returning to the question of being feared or loved, I come to the conclusion that, men loving according to their own will and fearing according to that of the prince, a wise prince should establish himself on that which is in his own control and not in that of others; he must endeavour only to avoid hatred, as is noted.

Y los hombres tienen menos cuidado en ofender a uno que se haga amar que a uno que se haga temer;

El príncipe no ha de tener otro objeto, ni abrigar otro propósito, ni cultivar otro arte, que el que enseña, el orden y la disciplina de los ejércitos, porque es el único que se espera ver ejercido por el que manda.

La razón y la experiencia nos enseñan que el hombre que se halla armado no obedece con gusto al que está desarmado

No hay que atacar al poder si no tienes la seguridad de destruirlo.

Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is safer to be feared than loved

Existem duas formas de se combater: uma, pelas leis; outra, pela força. A primeira é própria do homem; a segunda, dos animais.

Gubi siÄ™ ten, kto czyni drugiego pot??nym, gdy? tworzy siÄ™ tÄ™ potÄ™gÄ™ zrÄ™cznoÅ›ciÄ… lub siÅ'Ä…, a jedno i drugie budzi nieufno?? u tego, który staÅ' siÄ™ pot??nym

He who has relied least on fortune is established the strongest.

Tuzaklar? tan?mak için bir tilki, kurtlar? korkutmak için de aslan olmak gerekir.

Estas tropas pueden ser útiles y buenas para sus amos, pero para quien las llama son casi siempre funestas; pues

Perché li uomini offendono o per paura o per odio.

He had all the attributes of a king except a kingdom.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Y quien se convierte en señor de una ciudad acostumbrada a vivir libre y no la deshace, que espere a ser deshecho por ella; ya que siempre, en caso de rebelión, se apoyará en el nombre de las libertades y en sus antiguos órdenes; cosas ambas que no se olvidan por mucho tiempo que pase y por muchos beneficios que se reciban.

Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

Is it better to be loved or feared?