Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes About Soldiers

Quotes about: Soldiers

• And here one must not that hatred is acquired just as much by means of good actions as by bad ones; and so, as I said above, if a prince wishes to maintain the state, he is often obliged not to be good; because whenever that group which you believe you need to support you is corrupted, whether it be the common people, the soldiers, or the nobles, it is to your advantage to follow their inclinations in order to satisfy them; and then good actions are your enemy.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Believe, Mean, Order

• Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Political, Soldier, Gold

• Never lead your soldiers to battle if you have not first confirmed their spirit and known them to be without fear and ordered; and never test them except when you see that they hope to win.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Winning

• War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Peace, War, Men

• The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers; for gold alone will not procure good soldiers, but good soldiers will always procure gold.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Soldier, Gold

  "Should We Spill Blood Over Oil?" by Laurence W. Beilenson, Kevin Lynch, reason.com. February 1982.

• When they remain in garrison, soldiers are maintained with fear and punishment; when they are then led to war, with hope and reward.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Punishment

• The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  War, Soldier, Gold

  "Should We Spill Blood Over Oil?" by Laurence W. Beilenson, Kevin Lynch, reason.com. February 1982.

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