Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

Perchè tra le altre cagioni di male, che ti arreca l’essere disarmato, ti fa disprezzare.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

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Topic

Guns

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli

Source

The Prince

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

Italian

Time

1532 1530s 16th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.

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We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as its highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires.

Pope Benedict XVI

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Topic
Decline of religion Moral relativism
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Pope Benedict XVI
Medium
Sermon
Language
Italian
Time
2005 2000s 21st century
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Citation

Cardinal Ratzinger, Joseph (later Pope Benedict XVI). "Homily of His Eminence Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger." Conclave of cardinals, Mass. 18 Apr. 2005, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy.