Lessons from Machiavelli

It’s the 543rd birthday of Machiavelli who, according to the Writer’s Almanac, wrote that:

morality was irrelevant when it came to running a state, and that leaders should be willing to perform evil acts when it became necessary to hold onto their power.

Wow. Good thing we don’t have any of that garbage in our present day affairs, isn’t it? Wink, wink.