“Machiavellianism comes from the incessant victories gained by evil means in the political achievements of mankind, and from the idea that if a prince or a nation respects justice, he or it is doomed to enslavement by other princes or nations trusting only in power, violence and lawless greed. The answer is, first, that “one can respect justice and have brains at the same time, and manage to be strong”; . . . second, that in reality Machiavellianism does not succeed. For the power of evil is only, in reality, the power of corruption—the squandering and dissipation of the substance and energy of Being and of Good.”
~Jacques Maritain: Man and the State.
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