1 The examples of these two governments in our time are the Turk and the King of France.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ... 2 Therefore, he who considers both of these states will recognize great difficulties in seizing the state of the Turk, but, once it is conquered, great ease in holding it.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ... 3 The entire monarchy of the Turk is governed by one lord, the others are his servants; and, dividing his kingdom into sanjaks, he sends there different administrators, and shifts and changes them as he chooses.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ... 4 The causes of the difficulties in seizing the kingdom of the Turk are that the usurper cannot be called in by the princes of the kingdom, nor can he hope to be assisted in his designs by the revolt of those whom the lord has around him.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ... 5 This would make his position more secure and durable, as it has made that of the Turk in Greece, who, notwithstanding all the other measures taken by him for holding that state, if he had not settled there, would not have been able to keep it.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER III — CONCERNING MIXED PRINCIPALITIES 6 Now if you will consider what was the nature of the government of Darius, you will find it similar to the kingdom of the Turk, and therefore it was only necessary for Alexander, first to overthrow him in the field, and then to take the country from him.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER IV — WHY THE KINGDOM OF DARIUS, CONQUERED BY ... 7 From the above I have excepted the Turk, who always keeps round him twelve thousand infantry and fifteen thousand cavalry on which depend the security and strength of the kingdom, and it is necessary that, putting aside every consideration for the people, he should keep them his friends.
The Prince By Niccolo MachiavelliContextHighlight In CHAPTER XIX — THAT ONE SHOULD AVOID BEING DESPISED AND ...