Quotation by

Niccolo Machiavelli

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

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Machiavelli is saying that going to war is only fair when it is absolutely needed, and using weapons is allowed only if there is no other option left. He connects the idea of hope to the necessity of arms, implying that fighting is justified when all peaceful solutions have failed.

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