Who Was Niccolò Machiavelli?
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Machiavelli was reviled throughout Europe during the 16th century and on into the next two centuries. He was considered to be a conscious preacher of evil, a diabolic figure who had unleashed the demons in the world of politics, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).
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