[XX. Whether fortresses and many of the other present-day expedients to which princes have recourse are useful or not] Niccolo Machiavelli. The Prince.
- The prince who is afraid of this own people than of foreign interference should build fortresses; but the prince who fears foreign interference more than his own people should forget about them.
- The best fortress that exists is to avoid being hated by the people.
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