Niccolò Machiavelli: The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.

The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to i — Niccolò Machiavelli

The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.

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