Darren

“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“They are sustained by the ancient institutions of religion, which are so powerful and of such a quality that they keep their princes in power no matter how they act and live their lives.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince

“Keep your friends close, keep your enemies closer.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli

“One should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to execute, nor more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer, than to introduce new political orders. For the one who introduces them has as his enemies all those who profit from the old order, and he has only lukewarm defenders in all those who might profit from the new order.”
― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince