Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION]

["Christian M. Cepel" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/397/397774.html

Haven't been following these threads, but just in case Yoda hasn't 
already pointed you there....

http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/397/397774.html

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>Upon this a question arises: whether it be better to be loved than feared or 
>feared than loved? It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, 
>because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be 
>feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with. Because 
>this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, 
>false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; 
>they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said 
>above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against 
>you. And that prince who, relying entirely on their promises, has neglected 
>other precautions, is ruined; because friendships that are obtained by 
>payments, and not by greatness or nobility of mind, may indeed be earned, but 
>they are not secured, and in time of need cannot be relied upon; and men have 
>less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared, for love 
>is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is 
>broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves you by a 
>dread of punishment which never fails.
>
>Nevertheless a prince ought to inspire fear in such a way that, if he does not 
>win love, he avoids hatred; because he can endure very well being feared whilst 
>he is not hated, which will always be as long as he abstains from the property 
>of his citizens and subjects and from their women. But when it is necessary for 
>him to proceed against the life of someone, he must do it on proper 
>justification and for manifest cause, but above all things he must keep his 
>hands off the property of others, because men more quickly forget the death of 
>their father than the loss of their bananas.
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