Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes
All human affairs are ever in a state of flux and cannot stand still, either there will be improvement or decline.
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Florentine statesman and political philosopher, Discourses on Livy, 1517
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See Heraclitus {436440} for the ancient Greek exposition of this idea.
She was charged with interfering with the Draft during WWI. She wrote and gave speeches against the war and was convicted according to the laws and court interpretations of the time.
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was an Italian Renaissance diplomat, philosopher and writer, best known for The Prince (Il Principe), written in 1513. He has often been called the father of modern political philosophy and political science.