When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through … - Niccolo Machiavelli

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Niccolo Machiavelli

When you disarm the people, you commence to offend them and show that you distrust them either through cowardice or lack of confidence, and both of these opinions generate hatred.

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