“ In foreign policy, a modest acceptance of fate will often lead to discipline rather than indifference. The realization that we cannot always have our way is the basis of a mature outlook that rests on… Robert D. Kaplan
“ ..it happens in all human affairs that we never seek to escape one mischief without falling into another. Prudence therefore consists in knowing how to distinguish degrees of disadvantage, and in acce… Niccolo Machiavelli
“ Therefore a wise prince ought to adopt such a course that his citizens will always in every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful. Niccolo Machiavelli
“ I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married Bangambiki Habyarimana
“ When evening comes, I return home and go into my study. On the threshold I strip off my muddy, sweaty, workday clothes, and put on the robes of court and palace, and in this graver dress I enter the a… Niccolo Machiavelli
“ Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain. Niccolo Machiavelli
“ Those who believe that where great personages are concerned new favors cause old injuries to be forgotten deceive themselves. Niccolo Machiavelli
“ These opportunities, then, gave these men the chance they needed, and their great abilities made them recognize it. Niccolo Machiavelli
“ From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other, but because they are difficul… Niccolo Machiavelli
