Machiavelli got an underserved bad rap for his writing of the _The Prince_.
There is some really good advice in there. And it isn't mean - It's just plain old truth about how things work.
I'll post a few of my favorite quotes.
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... any one wishing to maintain among men the name of liberal is obliged to avoid no attribute of magnificence; so that a prince thus inclined will consume in such acts all his property, and will be compelled in the end, if he wish to maintain the name of liberal, to unduly weigh down his people, and tax them, and do everything he can to get money. This will soon make him odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one ...
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Read the Whole Thing Here --
http://www.constitution.org/mac/prince00.htm
Download the AudioBook from Librivox
http://librivox.org/the-prince-by-niccolo-machiavelli/
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