Machiavelianism

And that would place the finger pointing not at the rubber-stamp of US politicians, but instead at "Machiavelianism" by those who actually framed and drafted the legislaton behind the scenes (and, more to the point, the people who paid them to bend things in particular directions.)

Army Rumour Service 2009

And that would place the finger pointing not at the rubber-stamp of US politicians, but instead at "Machiavelianism" by those who actually framed and drafted the legislaton behind the scenes (and, more to the point, the people who paid them to bend things in particular directions.)

Army Rumour Service 2009

Raoul to do justice to de Marsay when he died, and she read with deep emotion the noble eulogy which Raoul published upon the dead minister while blaming his Machiavelianism and his hatred for the masses.

A Daughter of Eve 2007

Some poor workingman -- more affected by my sarcasm than by the strength of my arguments -- may, perhaps, have concluded that property is the result of a perpetual Machiavelianism on the part of the governors against the governed, -- a deplorable error of which my book itself is the best refutation.

What is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of Government. 1890

The incidents that marked the gigantic game of chess played (not in Europe only) from the overthrow of the Orleans dynasty to the death of Friedrich III. and the fall of Bismarck in the winter of last year were neither the outcome of individual Machiavelianism nor entirely attributable to chance; both were all but in equal degree cause and effect.

The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 Various 1888

Some poor workingman -- more affected by my sarcasm than by the strength of my arguments -- may, perhaps, have concluded that property is the result of a perpetual Machiavelianism on the part of the governors against the governed, -- a deplorable error of which my book itself is the best refutation.

What is Property? 1837

Machiavelianism followed the fall of the Catholic faith. "...

Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Frank F. Ellinwood