"[W]hen dominions are acquired in a province differing in language, laws, and customs, the difficulties to be overcome are great...the best and most certain means of [retaining them] would be for the new ruler to take up his residence there. Disorders can be seen as they arise and can be quickly remedied, but living at a distance, they are only heard of when they get beyond remedy."
- Niccoló Machiavelli
The Prince, chapter 3
"Let them what's got ears to hear, eyes to see, and a taxpayer-funded jumbo jet take note. 'Nuff said!"
- Bruno Machiavelli, Impresario,
Il Teatro Machiavelli
12 novembre 2004
04 ottobre 2004
Seems vs. Is
"A prince should appear upon seeing and hearing him, to be all mercy, all faithfulness, all integrity, all kindness, all religion. And there is nothing more necessary than to seem to possess this last quality...(E)veryone sees what you seem to be, few perceive what you are, and those few do not dare to contradict the opinion of the many who have the majesty of the state to defend them."
--Niccoló Machiavelli
My faith sustains me because I pray daily. I pray for guidance and wisdom and strength. If we were to commit our troops -- if we were to commit our troops -- I would pray for their safety, and I would pray for the safety of innocent Iraqi lives, as well.
One thing that's really great about our country... is there are thousands of people who pray for me that I'll never see and be able to thank. But it's a humbling experience to think that people I will never have met have lifted me and my family up in prayer. And for that I'm grateful. That's -- it's been -- it's been a comforting feeling to know that is true. I pray for peace.
George W. Bush
3/6/03
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job."
George W. Bush
7/9/04
Reported by the Lancaster New Era on July 16, 2004, during a private meeting with an Amish group
http://lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/7564
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:5-7 (King James Version)
--Niccoló Machiavelli
My faith sustains me because I pray daily. I pray for guidance and wisdom and strength. If we were to commit our troops -- if we were to commit our troops -- I would pray for their safety, and I would pray for the safety of innocent Iraqi lives, as well.
One thing that's really great about our country... is there are thousands of people who pray for me that I'll never see and be able to thank. But it's a humbling experience to think that people I will never have met have lifted me and my family up in prayer. And for that I'm grateful. That's -- it's been -- it's been a comforting feeling to know that is true. I pray for peace.
George W. Bush
3/6/03
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030306-8.html
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn’t do my job."
George W. Bush
7/9/04
Reported by the Lancaster New Era on July 16, 2004, during a private meeting with an Amish group
http://lancasteronline.com/pages/news/local/4/7564
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Matthew 6:5-7 (King James Version)
28 settembre 2004
Honesty
"One sees from the experience of our times that the princes who have
accomplished great deeds are those who have cared little for keeping
their promises and who have known how to manipulate the minds of men by
shrewdness; and in the end they have surpassed those who laid their
foundations upon honesty."
"Let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the
means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised by
everybody; because the vulgar are always taken by appearances and by
the issue of the event; and in the world there are only the vulgar, and
the few who are not vulgar are isolated when the many have a rallying
point in the prince."
--Niccoló Machiavelli
"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the
leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a
simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a
fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship
...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to convince them
they are under attack, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
-- Hermann Goering, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II
<http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/>
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
http://csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/index.html
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/
http://www.bushlies.com/
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/9/4360
accomplished great deeds are those who have cared little for keeping
their promises and who have known how to manipulate the minds of men by
shrewdness; and in the end they have surpassed those who laid their
foundations upon honesty."
"Let a prince have the credit of conquering and holding his state, the
means will always be considered honest, and he will be praised by
everybody; because the vulgar are always taken by appearances and by
the issue of the event; and in the world there are only the vulgar, and
the few who are not vulgar are isolated when the many have a rallying
point in the prince."
--Niccoló Machiavelli
"Why of course the people don't want war ... But after all it is the
leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a
simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a
fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship
...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding
of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to convince them
they are under attack, and denounce the pacifists for lack of
patriotism and exposing the country to danger."
-- Hermann Goering, at the Nuremberg Trials after World War II
<http://www.prwatch.org/prwissues/>
http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
http://csmonitor.com/specials/neocon/index.html
http://www.bushgreenwatch.org/
http://www.bushlies.com/
http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/9/4360
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