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Quotation from Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolò Machiavelli
“Nor is it without reason that the voice of the people has been likened to the voice of God;”
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book I, ch. LVIII, trans. Ninian Hill Thomson (1883)
In the chapter arguing that a people is wiser and more constant than a prince.
Citation: "Nor is it without reason that the voice of the people has been likened to the voice of God;" — Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius, Book I, ch. LVIII, trans. Ninian Hill Thomson (1883). (id machiavelli-discourses-on-livy-q5)
Portrait: Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, Public domain.
