How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

Which is better? To be loved or to be feared?

This raises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary. My reply is that one would like to be both; but it is difficult to combine love and fear. If one has to choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.

 -Niccolo Machiavelli

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