Niccolo Machiavelli Arms Quotations

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms.

Among other causes of misfortune which your not being armed brings upon you, it makes you despised....

And it will always happen that he who is not your friend will request your neutrality and he who is your friend will ask you to declare yourself by taking up arms. And irresolute princes, in order to avoid present dangers, follow the neutral road most of the time, and most of the time they are ruined.