Mason Lance

“It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified.”
― Leon Trotsky, Their Morals and Ours: The Class Foundations of Moral Practice

“It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli

“From this arises the question whether it is better to be loved rather than feared, or feared rather than loved. It might perhaps be answered that we should wish to be both: but since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved. ”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince