The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
CHAPTER XX.
ARE FORTRESSES, AND MANY OTHER THINGS TO WHICH PRINCES OFTEN RESORT,
ADVANTAGEOUS OR HURTFUL?
Chapters
- Chapter 1 Ch.1
- INTRODUCTION Ch.2
- CHAPTER XXVI. AN EXHORTATION TO LIBERATE ITALY FROM THE BARBARIANS Ch.3
- INTRODUCTION Ch.4
- CHAPTER I. Ch.5
- CHAPTER II. Ch.6
- CHAPTER III. Ch.7
- CHAPTER IV. Ch.8
- CHAPTER V. Ch.9
- CHAPTER VI. Ch.10
- introduction of a new order of things, because the innovator has for Ch.11
- CHAPTER VII. Ch.12
- CHAPTER VIII. Ch.13
- CHAPTER IX. Ch.14
- CHAPTER X. Ch.15
- CHAPTER XI. Ch.16
- CHAPTER XII. Ch.17
- CHAPTER XIII. Ch.18
- CHAPTER XIV. Ch.19
- CHAPTER XV. Ch.20
- CHAPTER XVI. Ch.21
- CHAPTER XVII. Ch.22
- CHAPTER XVIII.[1] Ch.23
- CHAPTER XIX. Ch.24
- CHAPTER XX. Ch.25
- 1. Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their Ch.26
- 2. There never was a new prince who has disarmed his subjects; rather Ch.27
- 3. Our forefathers, and those who were reckoned wise, were accustomed Ch.28
- 4. Without doubt princes become great when they overcome the Ch.29
- 5. Princes, especially new ones, have found more fidelity and Ch.30
- 6. It has been a custom with princes, in order to hold their states Ch.31
- CHAPTER XXI. Ch.32
- CHAPTER XXII. Ch.33
- CHAPTER XXIII. Ch.34
- CHAPTER XXIV. Ch.35
- CHAPTER XXV. Ch.36
- CHAPTER XXVI. Ch.37