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Niccolo Machiavelli

The main foundations of every state, new states as well as ancient or composite ones, are good laws and good arms you cannot have good laws without good arms, and where there are good arms, good laws inevitably follow.

Niccolo Machiavelli

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Machiavelli is saying that a strong and effective military is essential for creating and maintaining fair and effective laws in any state. Without the power to enforce rules, laws cannot be good, and when a state has strong armed forces, it naturally leads to the establishment of good laws.

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