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Expediency2 quotes
He [the prince] holds to what is right when he can but knows how to do wrong when he must. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859Moral principles1 quote
He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859Moral relativism1 quote
He [the prince] holds to what is right when he can but knows how to do wrong when he must. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Political theory1 quote
He [the prince] holds to what is right when he can but knows how to do wrong when he must. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1532Success1 quote
He never lets the logic of principle, displace the logic of success. — Abraham Lincoln · 1859