Rodney McKay Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Thought it was about time I posted something here. Quote ☾☆ Priest of Dio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Prince Joshua I Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Whats up! Quote "But it is the new principality that causes difficulties. In the first place, if it is not completely new but is instead an acquisition (so that the two parts together may be called mixed), its difficulties derive from one natural problem inherent in all new principalities: men gladly change their masters, thinking to better themselves; and this belief causes them to take arms against their ruler; but they fool themselves in this, since with experience they see that things have become worse. This stems from another natural and ordinary necessity, which is that a new prince must always offend his new subjects both through his soldiers and other countless injuries that are involved in his new conquest; thus, you have made enemies of all those you injured in occupying the principality and you are unable to maintain as friends those who helped you to rise to power, since you cannot satisfy them in the way that they had supposed, nor can you use strong measures against them, for you are in their debt; because, although one may have the most powerful of armies, he always needs the support of the inhabitants to seize a province. For these reasons, Louis XII, King of France, quickly occupied Milan and just as quickly lost it; and the first time, the troops of Ludovico alone were needed to retake it from him, because those citizens who had opened the gates of the city to the king, finding themselves deceived in their beliefs and in that future improvement they had anticipated, could not support the offences of the new prince." -Niccolo Machiavelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kurdanak Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Greetings, Rodney McKay, and welcome to Orbis! I hope Mensa HQ is working out well for you! Feel welcome to drop me a PM if you need any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alice Lune Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Welcome! So how goes the Stargate Program, Mckay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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