The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

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In The Prince, Machiavelli's most famous treatise on political strategy, the end justified the means in the quest for political stability in a princedom. He is remembered for infamous quotes such as: "it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved."; and "a man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good"; and that in politics, it is not important to be religious, as what's important is to appear to the public to be religious.