"War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms." ― Niccolo Machiavelli Topic(s): Hope More From Niccolo Machiavelli "It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles." "Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others." "Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked." More In Hope "You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned seventy, or given up all hope of the Presidency."― Wendell Phillips "There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again."― Cat Stevens "The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them."― Max Eastman