"War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.“

-Niccolo Machiavelli

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"War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms."

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"War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as ability to execute, military plans."

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"There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

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"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

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"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."

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"Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society."

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"If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy."

-Robert Wyatt

"I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys."

-Marvin Gaye

"I was sort of in denial about doing country for awhile but I sort of grew up and realized who I was, what I wanted to say. I think country music is the best music in the world and I'm glad to be doing a country album. I hope people will love it as much as I loved making it."

-Lucy Hale

"I hope everybody's had fun, because I've enjoyed my ride. I can tell you that. Now it's time to step aside and let some other young kid come in and win. Hopefully, they will, too."

-Fuzzy Zoeller

"It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that were a part of my early life, some who might be following the same paths might not make those same mistakes."

-John Clayton

"There's a lot of great people out here, I just appreciate it and hope everybody has had fun because I've enjoyed my ride."

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