For a Monarchy readily becomes a Tyranny, an Aristocracy an… - Niccolò Machiavelli

" "
For a Monarchy readily becomes a Tyranny, an Aristocracy an Oligarchy, while a Democracy tends to degenerate into Anarchy.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius · May 12, 2012 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

English

Collect this quote

About Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian political philosopher, historian, musician, poet, and romantic comedic playwright. Machiavelli was also a key figure in realist political theory, crucial to European statecraft during the Renaissance.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Native Name: Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli

Alternative Names: Nicolas Machiavel • Machiavel • Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli • Niccolo Machiavelli • Nicolò Machiavelli • Nicolo Machiavelli • Machiavelli • N. Machiavelli

Full Quote All quotes from Niccolò Machiavelli Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Niccolò Machiavelli:

Thucydides Napoleon Benjamin Franklin Plutarch Seneca

Additional quotes by Niccolò Machiavelli

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.

Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way they ought to live that anyone who abandons what is for what should be pursues his downfall rather than his preservation

For a Monarchy readily becomes a Tyranny, an Aristocracy an Oligarchy, while a Democracy tends to degenerate into Anarchy. - Niccolò Machiavelli

About Niccolò Machiavelli

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Niccolò Machiavelli