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Read this, and without cheating, guess the name of the Italian source:"Religion caused good laws; good laws make good fortune, and from good fortune came the happy results of the city's endeavors. And as the observance of religious teaching brings about the greatness of republics, so contempt for it brings about their ruin. Because where fear of God is lacking, it is necessary either that a kingdom fall or that it be sustained by fear of a prince which atones for what is missing in religion." .... "...no greater indication of the ruin of a country than to see divine worship despised."
Ok, well you're both right. I suppose the giveaways were a) the fact that I put it on the Renaissance board, and 2) the fact that the quote contains the word “prince”. I guess I need to be sneakier next time!
The Folio Society published The Prince and Discourses with an introduction by Benito Mussolini.Also, no joke, in some parts of the USA depending upon the distributor, one can purchase a Chianti Reserva -- Chianti Machiavelli from his original vineyards. I first tasted it in an Italian restaurant in Kaiserslautern, Germany back in 1955.
