"In judging policies we should consider the results that have been achieved through them rather than the means by which they have been executed."

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
HumanistsDiplomats of ItalyHistorians from ItalyMusicians from ItalyPeople from Florence
Original Language: English

Sources

From an undated letter to Piero Soderini (translated here by Dr. Arthur Livingston), in The Living Thoughts of Machiavelli, by Count Carlo Sforza, published by Cassell, London (1942), p. 85