Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes

I don't trust anybody in my life except my mother and my dogs.

Your confidence is destroyed when you find out you can't trust people.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

He who has trusted where he ought not will surely mistrust where he ought not.

Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.

Ministers and merchants love nobody.

You either trust someone day one until they prove you wrong, or you say, 'I don't trust you until you show me I can trust you.' I'm the latter.

Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.

I don't trust that many people. Just my mother and my wife and a couple of friends. When I trust people, it doesn't end well.

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

There's only a handful of people I trust completely, and I know who they are. Other than that, I pretty much don't trust people.

Hate and mistrust are the children of blindness.

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Where there is no trust, how can we give up our weapons first?

My fundamental axiom of government is never to trust the lamb to the wolf.

Both say to the other "I don't trust you and will not take any chances, but I ask you to trust me and take the chances which that involves.

To fill the minds of the public with hatreds, jealousies, and suspicions is to poison the fountains of public security.

I would rather betray others, than have others betray me

It is much easier to establish trust than it is to reestablish it once you have lost it.

We are hated throughout Europe and that hate must be cured by fear.

No one in China has a solid belief or trust in society.

When you're in the CIA, you anticipate the possibility that you'll be betrayed by a foreign government or a source, but you never anticipate that it would be by your own government.

I have trust issues.

It is very difficult to trust anyone and I always find that hard in relationships.