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Niccolò Machiavelli

“therefore, who acquires such a State, if he mean to keep it, must see to two things; first, that the blood of the ancient line of Princes be destroyed; second, that no change be made in respect of laws or taxes; for in this way the newly acquired State speedily becomes incorporated with the hereditary.”

Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
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The Prince The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
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