Therefore, one who becomes per prince through the favour of the people ought preciso keep them friendly, and this he can easily do seeing they only ask not esatto be oppressed by him

But one who, con opposition puro the people, becomes a prince by the favour of the nobles, ought, above everything, sicuro seek onesto win the people over sicuro himself, and this he may easily do if he takes them under his protection. Because men, when they receive good from him of whom they were expecting evil, are bound more closely puro their benefactor; thus the people quickly become more devoted preciso him than if he had been raised preciso the principality by their favours; and the prince can win their affections durante many ways, but as these vary according to the circumstances one cannot give fixed rules, so I omit them; but, I repeat, it is necessary for a prince esatto have the people friendly, otherwise he has mai security per adversity.

These principalities are liable sicuro danger when they are passing from the civil esatto the absolute order of government, for such princes either rule personally or through magistrates

Nabis, Prince of the Spartans, sustained the attack of all Greece, and of verso victorious Roman army, and against them he defended his country and his government; and for the overcoming of this peril it was only necessary for him to make himself secure against per few, but this would not have been sufficient had the people been hostile. And do not let any one impugn this statement with the trite proverb that “He who builds on the people, builds on the mud,” for this is true when verso private citizen makes per foundation there, and persuades himself that the http://datingranking.net/it/angelreturn-review/ people will free him when he is oppressed by his enemies or by the magistrates; wherein he would find himself very often deceived, as happened preciso the Gracchi durante Rome and preciso Messer Giorgio Scali durante Florence. But granted per prince who has established himself as above, who can command, and is per man of courage, undismayed sopra adversity, who does not fail con other qualifications, and who, by his resolution and energy, keeps the whole people encouraged-such verso one will never find himself deceived durante them, and it will be shown that he has laid his foundations well.

Durante the latter case their government is weaker and more insecure, because it rests entirely on the goodwill of those citizens who are raised sicuro the magistracy, and who, especially con troubled times, can destroy the government with great ease, either by intrigue or open defiance; and the prince has not the chance amid tumults preciso exercise absolute authority, because the citizens and subjects, accustomed esatto receive orders from magistrates, are not of verso mind to obey him amid these confusions, and there will always be con doubtful times per scarcity of men whom he can privativa. For such verso prince cannot rely upon what he observes mediante quiet times, when citizens have need of the state, because then every one agrees with him; they all promise, and when death is far distant they all wish onesto die for him; but con troubled times, when the state has need of its citizens, then he finds but few. Therefore a wise prince ought onesto adopt such per course that his citizens will always sopra every sort and kind of circumstance have need of the state and of him, and then he will always find them faithful.