CHAPTER XVI. That a People accustomed to live under a Prince, if by any accident it become free, can hardly preserve that Freedom.

EPISODE · May 25, 2026 · 9 MIN

CHAPTER XVI. That a People accustomed to live under a Prince, if by any accident it become free, can hardly preserve that Freedom.

from Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book 1 by Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 - 1527)

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CHAPTER XVI. That a People accustomed to live under a Prince, if by any accident it become free, can hardly preserve that Freedom.

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