"whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."
Nice to be reminded of the source of this wise comment. Really enjoying the serial and looking forward to owning a copy. There were no bad choices in the initial poll, and quite happy this work was chosen.
Thank you for making this available, Castalia House.
Should be a universal theorem of political science and law: if people can be bad, they will. Learing centers will come if they are possible.
"whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."
Nice to be reminded of the source of this wise comment. Really enjoying the serial and looking forward to owning a copy. There were no bad choices in the initial poll, and quite happy this work was chosen.
Thank you for making this available, Castalia House.
Machiavelli is far from infalible, but always interesting 👍