Chapter 2
On hereditary principalities: the natural prince has less cause and less necessity to offend and is thus more loved.
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From The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Hereditary states accustomed to the bloodline of their prince are much easier to hold than new ones, since the prince need only not depart from the orders of his ancestors.
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