Machiavelli | He who has once begun to live by robbery

"He who has once begun to live by robbery will always find pretexts for seizing what belongs to others."

Machiavelli

Machiavelli | All power is robbery

"All power is robbery and all its justification is pure ideology."

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli | majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances

"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."

Niccolò Machiavelli