to the throne will be loved and taken in as a brother. If a new state is conquered then it will be hard to keep because of all the injuries that took place while occupying the new principality. Therefore, he will probably lose it. But, after one has conquered a territory a second time it will be easily lost because the ruler can use the rebellion as an excuse. Once one conquers a territory he must kill the ruling family; and then neither alter the taxes nor the laws. Machiavelli is devoted to the theory that once one takes a state over
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