{"id":749,"date":"2016-03-08T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T01:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=749"},"modified":"2016-03-08T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-09T03:31:00","slug":"machiavelli-on-what-else-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"10 Machiavelli quotes on (what else?) politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito\" width=\"796\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-900x1158.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito-450x579.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/Niccol\u00f2_Machiavelli_by_Santi_di_Tito.jpg 1244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 796px) 100vw, 796px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A prince who wishes to do great things must learn to practice deceit.<\/li>\n<li>Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.<\/li>\n<li>In the actions of men . . . from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means.<\/li>\n<li>There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.<\/li>\n<li>Men are so simple and so ready to obey present necessities, that one who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.<\/li>\n<li>The conqueror must arrange to commit all his cruelties at once.<\/li>\n<li>A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.<\/li>\n<li>How easily men are corrupted . . . however good they may be and however well taught.<\/li>\n<li>Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.<\/li>\n<li>No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\" target=\"_blank\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A prince who wishes to do great things must learn to practice deceit. Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. In the actions of men . . . from which there is no appeal, the end justifies the means&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[30,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8022,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/8022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}