"During the sixteenth century, Niccolo Machiavelli... in... The Prince (1513): "The Prince must know how to do wrong." This idea the fascist state joins with the thought that political frontiers are... power-political situations... a temporary front line held... during the lull between wars.14 Nations... must grow or wither, expand or decline, but... cannot stand still.15 The struggle for... space and power is unavoidable and everlasting. ...[T]he state and ...leader must do everything, regardless of... [ethics], which... promote... interests of his State. The leader "must not fear to kill nor to bear the brand of infamy."16 Treaties which stand in the way... must be regarded as "scraps of paper"... falsehood and deceit are... instruments of international politics."