26 Quotes About Machiavellian

If anyone rises to power, it's not only because he could, but also because the stars were aligned in his favor. Many with apparent means to take it failed simply because they weren't destined for the honor

Bob Moses had learned what was needed to make dreams become realities. He had learned the lesson of power.And now he grabbed for power with both hands. To free his hands for the grab, he shook impatiently from them the last crumbs of the principles with which he had entered public service and for which, during his years of idealism, he had fought só hard.

The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.

There are two rules for success...1. Never reveal everything you know.

You either play the game by its rules, or by someone's else.

Nothing is sweeter and addictive than power, the unlucky soul this demon possesses, if he is not sacrificed on its altar will sacrifice others himself to get it

Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.

If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry leopard told a fallen, panting, imploring gazelle

Suspecting the evil behavior of its neighbor, a national security state seeks to protect itself by employing the same amoral or immoral methods, thus proving to its neighbor that it too must adopt such Machiavellian methods. The entire system operates at the lowest possible level. The Soviet Union used spies and executed spies, and the U.S. did the same while each proclaimed the moral high ground to their citizens.