 | Oliver E. Williamson - 1996 - 446 pages
...promise and that of transaction cost economics is instructive. Machiavelli advised his prince that "a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. . . . [Legitimate grounds... | |
 | Peter Loptson - 1998 - 588 pages
...and a lion to frighten wolves. Those that wish to be only lions do not understand this. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this... | |
 | Robert Kocis - 1998 - 272 pages
...faith and live with integrity . . . every one knows. Still the experience of our times shows that ... a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist ..." (Prince, chapter 18).... | |
 | Jack Hirshleifer - 2001 - 370 pages
...course merely self-interested, calculating princes who would follow Machiavelli 's advice: "Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist" (The Prince, XVIII). But... | |
 | Grace Roegner Freedman, Princeton Review - 2005 - 312 pages
...the difficult moral problems men and women face and on the balance of joy and tragedy found in life. "A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, the... | |
 | Mark Mattern - 2006 - 486 pages
...counseled dishonesty and deception if prudence dictates. "A prudent ruler," according to Machiavelli, "ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest." He should be "a great feigner and dissembler." History showed that the greatest and most... | |
 | M. S. C. Okolo - 2007 - 180 pages
...fox and the lion so as to be able to recognize traps and be brave enough to frighten wolves. As such, 'a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest'.2 It is also important for the ruler to be a 'great feigner and dissembler' to enable him... | |
 | Bryan Caplan - 2008 - 293 pages
...Machiavelli infamously advises his readers to break promises when it enhances their political careers: "A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest. ... If all men were good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and... | |
 | Sonia P. Seherr-Thoss - 2007 - 417 pages
...quotation stresses the need for a prince to adjust to changing circumstances and not be overly moral. A prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this... | |
 | Robert Greene, Joost Elffers - 2007 - 500 pages
...promises when you are strong and in a position to offer them something in their self-interest. Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest. . . . If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and... | |
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Therefore, a prudent ruler ought not to keep faith when by so doing it would be against his interest, and when the reasons which made him bind himself no longer exist. If men were all good, this precept would not be a good one; but as they are bad, and... 
