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To: marginmike who wrote (151657)	2/15/2002 11:11:01 PM
From: John Madarasz	Respond to of 436258

yikes...time to dust off that old copy of "The Prince...And the Discourses"<g> this place is gettin deep<gg> "Machiavelli asserts that the key to being a successful ruler is to have a split personality—to be kind and generous to subjects and equals, but when the necessity...(read: opportunity) arises, to have the ability to become barbaric. How convenient that these opportunities should always come about as part of imperialistic ventures! Personal opinions, while valid, have no effect on a murderer’s intentions no matter how loudly they are uttered. ... For a prince to truly lead his country to world supremacy, he must instruct his armies to conquer and kill when necessary, while otherwise behaving in an orderly and kind fashion to the people of his own country. (Except, of course, when they try to undermine his authority…)"