Monday, May 21, 2012

Politics..!

"whether it is better to be loved or feared?"


Famous question by Machiavelli in The Prince he writes-


“The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other; but because it is difficult to combine them, it is far safer to be feared than loved if you cannot be both.” 


Most of the times the policy of fear is being utilized to get the things done.



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